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Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

The collection illustrates life in Egypt and Sudan from prehistory through to the times of the pharaohs, the Ptolemaic (323 – 30BC), Roman and Coptic times (30BC – AD640) to the Islamic period.

It includes some of the earliest and most unusual holdings from these periods. To view all 80,000 objects in the Petrie Museum visit our website and go to ‘search the collection’. The site is bilingual in Arabic and English.

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Pottery and the 4,500 year old beadnet dress


African: Egyptian | African: Sudanese

African: Egyptian


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Petrie in his Museum

The Petrie Museum houses approximately 80,000 objects, making it one of the greatest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world. The collection is full of ‘first’ including

· Some of the earliest metal and linen from Egypt

· The first known monumental sculpture

· A fragment of the first calendar

· The oldest gynaecological papyrus

· The largest architectural drawing

Highlights include:

Colourful tiles, sculpture and frescoes from Amarna, the world’s largest collection of Roman period mummy portraits and important ancient clothing, including a beadnet dress of a dancer from the Pyramid Age and socks from Roman Egypt.

To view all 80,000 objects in the Petrie Museum visit our website and go to ‘search the collection’


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African: Sudanese


photo shows pottery cabinet and a beadnet dress with mummies in the background

Pottery cabinet and a 4,500 year old beadnet dress

The Petrie Museum houses approximately 80,000 objects, making it one of the greatest collections of Sudanese archaeology in the world. You can see over 3,000 of the Sudanese objects online by following the link below. The include material from archeological digs at Abu Jayli, Buhen, Buhen Fort, Jebel Moya, Khartoum, Matmar, Salamat and Shaheinab. Objects include pots, harpoons and sandstone rings

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