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23.01.2022 Archaeologists have unearthed two 500-year-old skeletons of a woman and child underneath the Tower of London's chapel. The Chapel Royal of St. Peter ad Vincula is known as the burial place for famous Tower prisoners, including three queens of England: Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard and Jane Grey.
21.01.2022 'The Road to Palmyra' is a new special exhibition at the Glyptoteket devoted to the culture of ancient Palmyra an oasis city located in present-day Syria. This exhibition takes the Glyptotek’s incredible collection of ancient Palmyrene tomb sculptures as its point of departure and an interpretive volume accompanying the exhibition is out now, including a chapter by Macquarie University's Dr Peter Edwell. More on the exhibition: http://bit.ly/2MJFP91 More on the book: https://bit.ly/362GGth
11.01.2022 This is going to have some wonderful speakers. Book your ticket now to avoid disappointment! :)
11.01.2022 From a mummified cat to a mysterious gold nugget, here's a sneak peek at twelve donated treasures to see when the Chau Chak Wing Museum opens in 2020 at the University of Sydney.
09.01.2022 The next USER (University students for Egyptological Research) seminar is Thurs 31st Oct, 6.30pm in the MAC. "Curiosity Saved the Cat? The Evolution of Feline Depictions in Ancient Egyptian Wall Scenes" Speaker: Emily Corbin Thursday 31/10/2019 at 6:30 pm... Venue: Museum Seminar space 29 Wally's Walk See more
07.01.2022 The museum may be closed but we are still hard at work, auditing and condition-reporting the collection in preparation to move. Each day we're asking our team of Collection Officers to choose their favourite object. Beautiful, unusual or unexpectedly interesting: here's the round up from week one.
06.01.2022 Did you catch Part 2 of Bettany Hughes' series, "The Nile: Egypt's Great River" on SBS Australia last week? It includes a trip to the MQ-excavated site of Beni Hassan. Watch online
