UCM Collection of Bedouin artifacts receives national acclaim in exhibit

10/21/10 UCM is accustomed to being in the spotlight for its academic programs but now it is receiving a completely different sort of attention from both national and international institutions. This summer, UCM loaned out its Nance Middle East Collection to an international exhibit in Kentucky which featured artifacts from the National Museum of Saudi Arabia, the British Museum, the Egyptian Museum ...

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Book of the Dead: Scroll down and learn how to die like an Ancient Egyptian

10/25/10 The Book of the Dead guided Ancient Egyptians through death and on to the afterlife, as a forthcoming British Museum exhibition will show When it comes to scary monsters, the ancient Egyptian Devourer is always going to be hard to top. With the head of a crocodile, the body of a lion and the hindquarters of a hippo, it is certainly more exotic than the average Halloween outfit. And, though it ...

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British Museum handsomely fulfils its duties to England outside London

07/19/11 The Northerner's eximious arts expert Alan Sykes meets the mummies which have taken Tyneside by storm The exhibition Pharaoh: King of Egypt has just opened at the Great North Museum in Newcastle tomorrow. It's free and on there until September 25th before going on tour to Dorchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow and Bristol over the next two years. With over 130 works from the British Museum ...

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