Heritage Key to Make ArchaeoVideo of the Petrie Museum's Amazing Archives
Continuing Heritage Key's efforts to showcase Egyptology's amazing archives, we'll be travelling to London's Petrie Museum tomorrow to meet curator Stephen Quirke for a trip through the museum's memory lanes. Named after the world-famous archaeologist who donated most of its many Egyptian treasures in 1913, the museum has amassed a wealth of amazing artefacts third in size only to Cairo Museum, the British Museum and Berlin's Agyptisches Museum. And that's not to mention the vast, fascinating banks of photos, letters and notebooks from Petrie, Amelia Edwards and co's at the turn of the 20th century - the Age of Discovery.
We'll be showing you photos, sketches, art, letters and notebooks from the glorious Age of Discovery.
Hidden Treasures
We'll be looking at a range of records running the history of the Petrie, from the museum's earliest material, dating back to the 1860s, through Petrie's first survey of the Giza Necropolis, to his later work. There will also be artworks by the museum's first benefactor Amelia Edwards, and photos and sketches from some of the most ground-breaking excavation work ever carried out in Egypt. Dr Quirke will be telling us what the artefacts mean to him as a empassioned custodian of the museum's many treasures - and what the future holds for archives across the world.
Don't miss this great insight into the exploration and adventures of early Egyptology with a modern twist - coming soon to Heritage Key!
Help the Egypt Exploration Society!
The Petrie Museum isn't the only institution with a wonderful collection of Egyptological archives - we've already told you how we plan to work with the famous Egypt Exploration Society to unlock the secrets behind their myriad intriguing archives. But it's not just down to us: you can help save the EES' Lucy Gura Archives for generations to come. It's a worthy cause, and one vital to the study and celebration of Egyptology. If we lose the EES' archives, along with other prominent archives in Oxford, Geneva and further afield, we risk turning the light off on the 'Era of Discovery'.
If you wish to make a much-needed donation to the Lucy Gura archive, just visit the EES' support page, follow the link to make 'a donation', then select 'The Lucy Gura Archive Fund'. You money will be saving some of Egyptology's greatest records.
Are there any other amazing archives you think Heritage Key should be exploring? Or have you just got something you want off your chest? Don't wait to get in touch with us - either by leaving comments below this article, visiting our contact page, or by emailing me direct. Heritage Key - Unlocking the Wonders.
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