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Ancient Egypt gallery

Permanent display

A brightly coloured face painted on an Egyptian coffin

Anthropoid coffin of Pediamunnebnesuttauwy. Dynasty 26 (about 600 BC).

In our new Ancient Egypt gallery you can journey back to the incredible world of the Pharaohs and discover the remarkable civilisation that built the Pyramids and the Sphinx. There are over 1,300 objects from our world-class collections on display, including animal mummies, ancient musical instruments and a tomb reconstruction based on a 4,000-year-old burial place.

There are five complete human mummies on display and you can even 'unwrap' a mummy without touching it, using a fascinating computer interactive. A must-see of object is the vividly-coloured belt of the last great Pharaoh, Rameses III, on permanent display for the first time since before the Second World War.

Ancient Egypt gallery highlights

A piece of red-striped material Rameses girdle

The face of a child painted on a coffin Child mummy

The curved end of a wooden string instrument Shoulder harp

A bandaged cat's head with a face painted on Cat mummy

A stone animal head Canopic jars

the inside of a human shaped coffin Padiamun coffin

Learning groups

Our online learning sessions database includes details of the learning sessions available for Ancient Egypt. All groups should book by calling our Learning department on 0151 478 4296.

Funders

Ancient Egypt is funded by the DCMS / Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund and The Molly Tomlinson Bequest.

 

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