Dr Campbell Price
@EgyptMcr
Curator of one of the UK's largest Egyptian & Sudanese collections
@McrMuseum
Egyptologist, Fellow @LivUni, Chair @TheEES (he/him)
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Last two days to encounter some ancient faces Manchester Museum - and pick up a hot new book Manchester MuseumShop! ✨💛
A bit emotional as I say goodbye to #GoldenMummies Manchester Museum, which closes on Sunday. Thanks to everyone who visited, commented and questioned. I've learned a lot and will take time to reflect on the experience. 🙏💛✨
Cloaked in protective images to integrate her among the gods and transformed herself into a divine effigy, the lady Tasheriankh was buried at the cemetery of Akhmim in the Ptolemaic Period, over 2000 years ago.
The exhibition #GoldenMummies ends on Sunday
Contrary to common knowledge, hundreds of copper blades remain from Egyptian Bronze Age. The aim of my post-doc at Archaeology at NCL is to document as many of such tools as possible. Report on the initial results came out in Egyptian Archaeology (@TheEES) ees.ac.uk/product/ea-64.…
So delighted to have been shortlisted by Family Learning Awards for our Manchester Museum project 'To Have & To Heal', using collections in care settings + intergenerationally! Genuinely one of the best experiences of my professional life!
Got kids? They might like my new book TOTALLY CHAOTIC HISTORY: ANCIENT EGYPT GETS UNRULY! Co-created with Dr Campbell Price & Rikin Parekh🇪🇺💙☮️, it’s a funny, fact-filled romp through 3,000 years of ancient chaos, aimed at kids aged 8+
For signed dedications from me, order through Fox Lane Books 🦊 🙏
Hello! I know some of you are struggling to buy my new children’s book from Amazon - they’ve had a temporary warehouse error - but it’s exactly the same price at Waterstones, plus you can also pop into your local bookshop and grab a copy in person (some are signed)
Looking for a fun read for your kids? Try my bestselling new history book, TOTALLY CHAOTIC HISTORY, it’s cowritten by expert Egyptologist Dr Campbell Price, illustrated by Rikin Parekh🇪🇺💙☮️, and it’s only £6.49 at Waterstones Kids waterstones.com/book/totally-c…
Our exhibition Golden Mummies of Egypt closes in one week. Get down to Manchester Museum if you want to catch it! ✨
WIN our Book of the Month, Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly!
A fantastically funny, new, illustrated, history series for ages 9+ Greg Jenner Rikin Parekh🇪🇺💙☮️ Walker Books
To enter RT, FLW & comment telling us your favourite period of history
UK Only Ends 7/4