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Yan, Tan, Tethera: July 2014
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Yan, Tan, Tethera. Thursday, 24 July 2014. For the Love of Tut: Discovering Tutankhamun at the Ashmolean Museum. There is only one topic of conversation. one cannot escape the name of Tut-Ankh-Amun anywhere.'. New York Times, 1923. I had the pleasure of attending the private view of the ' Discovering Tutankhamun. Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum yesterday; a major Egyptological event which delighted the media. On entering the exhibition the visitor is introduced to. Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri. The bea...
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Yan, Tan, Tethera: October 2012
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Yan, Tan, Tethera. Sunday, 14 October 2012. Pylons, Obelisks and Time Travel: An Egyptianising Tour of Brompton Cemetery. Yesterday I attended another of Cathie Bryan's wonderful walking tours of the Egyptianising monuments of London, this time the Petrie Museum's 'Egypt Undead' tour of Brompton Cemetery. Leader of the British Suffragette Movement. As this tour was organised by the Petrie Museum. Cemeteries). We also saw these motifs at Brompton, though some have unusual details:. One monument with an un...
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Yan, Tan, Tethera: Travellers and Egyptomania: A guided tour of Kensal Green Cemetery
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Yan, Tan, Tethera. Sunday, 30 September 2012. Travellers and Egyptomania: A guided tour of Kensal Green Cemetery. I am gradually making my way around the Egyptianising monuments of London during my time in the city working at the British Museum. My most recent visit was to Kensal Green Cemetery. As part of a guided tour organised by ASTENE. Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East) led by Cathie Bryan, who also led the excellent 'Cinematic Necropolis'. Which I attended in June 2012.
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Yan, Tan, Tethera: August 2014
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Yan, Tan, Tethera. Saturday, 16 August 2014. Egypt in London 2014: Carreras Cigarette Factory, Camden. I'm back in London and happily reviving my discoveries. Of Egyptianising architecture in the city. This week I was walking down Mornington Crescent. With friends when something caught my attention, and as a result I was completely soaked by a passing bus veering through a huge puddle! In Camden, now Greater London House. Also included a similar image. The main facade of the building was composed of ...
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Yan, Tan, Tethera: September 2012
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Yan, Tan, Tethera. Sunday, 30 September 2012. Travellers and Egyptomania: A guided tour of Kensal Green Cemetery. I am gradually making my way around the Egyptianising monuments of London during my time in the city working at the British Museum. My most recent visit was to Kensal Green Cemetery. As part of a guided tour organised by ASTENE. Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East) led by Cathie Bryan, who also led the excellent 'Cinematic Necropolis'. Which I attended in June 2012.
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Yan, Tan, Tethera: June 2012
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Yan, Tan, Tethera. Sunday, 17 June 2012. Cinematic Necropolis: Egypt in NE London. Yesterday I attended a walk organised by the Petrie Museum entitled ' Cinematic Necropolis. Intended to explore Egyptianising monuments in North-East London. Being a newcomer to the city, and indeed to the Islington area, this seemed the perfect opportunity to combine local sightseeing with an interest in Egyptian-style architecture. Despite the threat of rain the group gradually assembled at the Carlton Cinema. A hierogly...
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Yan, Tan, Tethera: Pylons, Obelisks and Time Travel: An Egyptianising Tour of Brompton Cemetery
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Yan, Tan, Tethera. Sunday, 14 October 2012. Pylons, Obelisks and Time Travel: An Egyptianising Tour of Brompton Cemetery. Yesterday I attended another of Cathie Bryan's wonderful walking tours of the Egyptianising monuments of London, this time the Petrie Museum's 'Egypt Undead' tour of Brompton Cemetery. Leader of the British Suffragette Movement. As this tour was organised by the Petrie Museum. Cemeteries). We also saw these motifs at Brompton, though some have unusual details:. One monument with an un...
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Yan, Tan, Tethera: September 2013
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Yan, Tan, Tethera. Sunday, 1 September 2013. Future Curators hit the North-East: Visiting the Great North Museum and Durham's Oriental Museum. One of the GNM: Hancock displays. Despite living within spitting distance of the north-east for the past 27 years I had never visited Newcastle or Durham, so I was particularly happy when a Future Curators. Visit was arranged this week. After a tour of their stores we visited the Great North Museum: Hancock. Visitors heading into the Afterlife interactive. Where w...
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Yan, Tan, Tethera: August 2013
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Yan, Tan, Tethera. Sunday, 25 August 2013. Visiting West Park Museum, Macclesfield. This week I visited West Park Museum in Macclesfield on an afternoon trip with my. Supervisor Campbell to see their collection of Egyptian objects. West Park's small but well formed Egyptian collection came into being because of a Miss Marianne Brocklehurst. The child of a wealthy silk manufacturer in Macclesfield and a lady with a keen interest in all things ancient Egyptian. Ring with the cartouche of Ramesses II. West ...
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Yan, Tan, Tethera: August 2012
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Yan, Tan, Tethera. Saturday, 25 August 2012. Egyptianising London: Cleopatra's Needle Benches. Whilst in London for 2012 I am trying to seek out Egyptianising monuments around the city. Although I'd seen "Cleopatra's Needle". On the Thames Embankment a few years ago I'd previously failed to note a group of benches set up next to the obelisk in the form of elaborate winged female sphinxes, wearing the nemes. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This Blog is best viewed in Mozilla Firefox. Tweets by @Beket Aten.
