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Monday, November 28, 2011

The mummy of all exhibitions: Another 40,000 priceless exhibits added to Ashmolean Museum's Egyptian treasure trove

The mummy of all exhibitions: Another 40,000 priceless exhibits added to Ashmolean Museum's Egyptian treasure trove | Mail Online: "A spectacular new series of galleries showcasing world-renowned Egyptian collections of 40,000 artefacts has opened at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

The vast £5million Egyptian galleries feature objects collected over 300 years from over 100 archaelogical sites, some of which have been in storage since the Second World War.

A variety of sculptures, including limestone statues of the fertility god Min dating back to 3300 BC are on display, along with Egyptian coffins and mummies."

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