Museum of Classical Archaeology - Egypt

	Home Greece Egypt Italy Corinth Petra Boeotia Student Projects Classics Website Ancient Egypt has always held people in awe both because of the complex civilization and the rich evidence they left behind. The Museum has a wide and varied selection of artifacts from Ancient Egypt, ranging from the pre-Dynastic period (4000 BC) through to the Coptic period (AD 7th century).
	Small figurines representing manual labourers were placed in graves in ancient Egypt. It was believed that in the next world the dead would be called upon to perform hard labour, and so these figurines were buried with the dead so that when the call came, they would undertake the tasks on behalf of the dead person.
	List of objects: PREDYNASTIC COSMETIC PALETTE - 4000 BC PRE-DYNASTIC EGYPTIAN BOWL - 3300 BC EGYPTIAN ALABASTER COSMETIC VESSELS - 3100 BC USHABTI FIGURINES - 8th century BC PAPYRUS FRAGMENT - 6th century BC SMALL TREFOIL FLASK - 4th century BC CEREMONIAL VESSEL - 4th century BC MINIATURE SARCOPHAGUS - 3rd century BC BONE RELIEF - 4th century AD LATE VERSION OF USHABTI - 7th century AD SILVER MIRROR EGYPTIAN STONE BEADS FAIENCE NECKLACE PTOLEMAIC PORTRAITS ZOOMORPHIC LAMPS FAIENCE AMULET: RAM CYLINDER SEAL