Tucked away on the campus of University College London is a
dual box of Egyptian treasures.
I've visited, briefly, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian
Archaeology it is a museum, then the classic sense of the word: rows and rows
of narrow glass fronted cases containing around 80,000 objects. Here is one of
the greatest collections of Egypt in Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the
world.
The high spot for me were two 3000-year-old frocks that had
been beautifully displayed on mannequins and displayed so that one could get up
really close to these delightful confections.
The whole place is absolutely enchanting. The museum is open
Tuesday through to Saturday from 1 o'clock through till 6 o’clock, it’s a
lovely place to visit and I shall return.
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