Liam McNamara
@liam_a_mcnamara
Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator for Ancient Egypt and Sudan, @AshmoleanMuseum, @UniofOxford
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https://www.ashmolean.org/people/liam-mcnamara 12-07-2022 21:00:56
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Follow Liam McNamara to explore “wonderful things” from Ashmolean Museum’s ancient Egypt and Sudan collections!
Purchased by Ashmolean Museum at auction in 1922, the authenticity of the black stone statue known as ‘MacGregor Man’ has been questioned since it first came to the attention of scholars at the end of the 19th century.
#behindthescenes Ashmolean Museum today: Paul Docherty Paul Docherty photographing ‘MacGregor Man’ to produce a new photogrammetric model as part of ongoing research to investigate the statue’s authenticity. See other examples of Paul Docherty’s work here: pauldocherty.com
#behindthescenes: here’s Department of Antiquities Collections Manager, Claire Burton, returning several ancient Egyptian animal mummies to the displays - one of this morning’s tasks before Ashmolean Museum opened its doors to visitors.
Spent the morning co-teaching a handling class on Tutankhamun: A Century of Investigation for Oxford Continuing Education with ROSALIND JANSSEN. Extremely stimulating to explore some of Ashmolean Museum’s “wonderful things” from ancient Egypt and Sudan with engaging and enthusiastic students!
Objects examined up close included this tempera facsimile by Nina de Garis Davies (1881-1965) of a panel on the lid of Tutankhamun’s ‘Painted Box’ - one of more than 120 paintings by this artist in the collection Ashmolean Museum.
Other treasures from Ashmolean Museum’s collection include paintings by Winifred Brunton (1880-1959) depicting jewellery and weapons found in Tutankhamun’s tomb. Her technique of using gouache paint on ivory panels captures the beauty and luminosity of the original colours.
Here’s Oxford Continuing Education student Cindy Farrington describing one of the Ashmolean Museum Brunton paintings to the rest of the group.
#behindthescenes Ashmolean Museum: here’s Collections Assistant, Tessa Blake, returning an ancient Egyptian model boat to the displays following examination by visiting researchers in the Antiquities Study Room last week.
Having contained my excitement for a while, I'm delighted to finally be able to share that from September, I'll be the Curating for Change Curatorial Fellow working with the Ashmolean Museum & Pitt Rivers Museum Museum in Oxford! I'm so excited for this next step. curatingforchange.org
A new (online) home for The Egypt Exploration Society Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection Oxford Classics Outreach has been launched making the published texts more accessible than ever before. A step in the right direction and a great resource to use alongside the Graeco-Roman Memoirs!
