Our #objectoftheday are these vividly coloured #ancientEgyptian #glass #beads. They can be dated to the #NewKingdom and come from the site of Tell el-Amarna, where #excavations have shown that there were a number of #workshops that specialised in the manufacturing of glass.
E.5031
E.5031
October 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our #objectoftheday are these vividly coloured #ancientEgyptian #glass #beads. They can be dated to the #NewKingdom and come from the site of Tell el-Amarna, where #excavations have shown that there were a number of #workshops that specialised in the manufacturing of glass.
E.5031
E.5031
#ObjectoftheDay, is this stone #scarab which has an image of a #baboon on the back. The other side depicts a number of different #animals, including a #fish and a #gazelle, as well as a wadjet-eye. This scarab comes from the ancient Sudanese #settlement of #Meroë. E.1035
September 29, 2026 at 9:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay, is this stone #scarab which has an image of a #baboon on the back. The other side depicts a number of different #animals, including a #fish and a #gazelle, as well as a wadjet-eye. This scarab comes from the ancient Sudanese #settlement of #Meroë. E.1035
#Objectoftheday is this #Archaic #Greek #kylix with black-figure #centaur decoration and painted eyes, dated to the mid-6th century BCE. ‘Eye-cups’ such as this would act as a practical joke – when the cup was lifted to the mouth, the eyes would give the drinker a funny face . C.650
February 18, 2026 at 10:01 AM
#Objectoftheday is this #Archaic #Greek #kylix with black-figure #centaur decoration and painted eyes, dated to the mid-6th century BCE. ‘Eye-cups’ such as this would act as a practical joke – when the cup was lifted to the mouth, the eyes would give the drinker a funny face . C.650
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek #pyxis with a separate lid. Made from unglazed yellow clay but decorated with abstract incisions across the body and lid. Likely used to hold small #trinkets, #jewellery, and #cosmetics. This type of object might have been given to women as wedding gifts.
C.758
C.758
October 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek #pyxis with a separate lid. Made from unglazed yellow clay but decorated with abstract incisions across the body and lid. Likely used to hold small #trinkets, #jewellery, and #cosmetics. This type of object might have been given to women as wedding gifts.
C.758
C.758
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientEgyptian figure of a hippocampus (hippokampos). Made from cartonnage (plastered layers of papyrus or fibre) & made flexible enough for moulding while wet. The hippocampus is a creature of #Greek #mythology comprising of a snake with the head of a horse. E.2002
July 2, 2026 at 9:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientEgyptian figure of a hippocampus (hippokampos). Made from cartonnage (plastered layers of papyrus or fibre) & made flexible enough for moulding while wet. The hippocampus is a creature of #Greek #mythology comprising of a snake with the head of a horse. E.2002
Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian set of colourful amethyst scarabs. Stringing them together was something done post excavation.
E.1200
#ancientegypt #amethyst #scarabs #museum
E.1200
#ancientegypt #amethyst #scarabs #museum
March 10, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian set of colourful amethyst scarabs. Stringing them together was something done post excavation.
E.1200
#ancientegypt #amethyst #scarabs #museum
E.1200
#ancientegypt #amethyst #scarabs #museum
Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian coffin fragment with the painted figure of the goddess Nut. She was the goddess of the sky, stars and cosmos.
E.593
#ancientegypt #coffinfragment #Goddess #museum
E.593
#ancientegypt #coffinfragment #Goddess #museum
August 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian coffin fragment with the painted figure of the goddess Nut. She was the goddess of the sky, stars and cosmos.
E.593
#ancientegypt #coffinfragment #Goddess #museum
E.593
#ancientegypt #coffinfragment #Goddess #museum
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this small ancient Greek black glaze spouted vessel with incised floral border around the vessel’s body.
C.711
#ancientgreece🏛 #aryballos #pottery #museum
C.711
#ancientgreece🏛 #aryballos #pottery #museum
May 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this small ancient Greek black glaze spouted vessel with incised floral border around the vessel’s body.
C.711
#ancientgreece🏛 #aryballos #pottery #museum
C.711
#ancientgreece🏛 #aryballos #pottery #museum
#ObjectoftheDay is this small terracotta figurine of #Athena, the Greek #goddess of wisdom. She wears armour, including a helmet, breastplate & shield. Her right arm is supported by a pillar. Dated to the late 5th or early 4th century B.C.E.
C.519
C.519
April 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this small terracotta figurine of #Athena, the Greek #goddess of wisdom. She wears armour, including a helmet, breastplate & shield. Her right arm is supported by a pillar. Dated to the late 5th or early 4th century B.C.E.
C.519
C.519
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Greek small buff-coloured pot, with leaf decoration.
C.641
#ancientgreece🏛 #pottery #leafdecoration #museum
C.641
#ancientgreece🏛 #pottery #leafdecoration #museum
July 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Greek small buff-coloured pot, with leaf decoration.
C.641
#ancientgreece🏛 #pottery #leafdecoration #museum
C.641
#ancientgreece🏛 #pottery #leafdecoration #museum
Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Sudanese limestone lion statuette. It from the site of Meroë, where they were an important motif, symbolising kingship and power. You can see this statuette on display in the museum.
E.8003
#ancientsudan #meroë #lion #statuette #Kingship #power #Museum
E.8003
#ancientsudan #meroë #lion #statuette #Kingship #power #Museum
May 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Sudanese limestone lion statuette. It from the site of Meroë, where they were an important motif, symbolising kingship and power. You can see this statuette on display in the museum.
E.8003
#ancientsudan #meroë #lion #statuette #Kingship #power #Museum
E.8003
#ancientsudan #meroë #lion #statuette #Kingship #power #Museum
#ObjectoftheDay is this #Mycenaean Linear B clay tablet. Linear B was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of #Greek. This type of script was found mainly in the #palace archives at #Knossos & Khaniá in Crete, & Mycenae, Pylos, Thebes, & Tiryns in Greece.
C.591
C.591
September 25, 2026 at 9:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this #Mycenaean Linear B clay tablet. Linear B was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of #Greek. This type of script was found mainly in the #palace archives at #Knossos & Khaniá in Crete, & Mycenae, Pylos, Thebes, & Tiryns in Greece.
C.591
C.591
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this reconstructed #ancientGreek white #ground lekythos, a pottery type commonly used for the storage of oil. It is of the black figure type and shows the winged #goddess #Nike, the goddess of #victory. It can be dated to the late 6th or early 5th century BC.
C.655
C.655
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this reconstructed #ancientGreek white #ground lekythos, a pottery type commonly used for the storage of oil. It is of the black figure type and shows the winged #goddess #Nike, the goddess of #victory. It can be dated to the late 6th or early 5th century BC.
C.655
C.655
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this cheerfully bright cosmetic pot, made of a vivid blue faience. These type of pots contained kohl, used as eyeliner by the ancient Egyptians.
E.154
#faience #blue #cosmetics #makeup #ancientegypt #museum
E.154
#faience #blue #cosmetics #makeup #ancientegypt #museum
August 18, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this cheerfully bright cosmetic pot, made of a vivid blue faience. These type of pots contained kohl, used as eyeliner by the ancient Egyptians.
E.154
#faience #blue #cosmetics #makeup #ancientegypt #museum
E.154
#faience #blue #cosmetics #makeup #ancientegypt #museum
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian faience amulet of the god Re-Horakhty depicted as a falcon with a sun disk. Although difficult to gage on the photo this artefact is really tiny, yet incredibly detailed!
E.9141
#ancientegypt #faience #AMULET #God #museum
E.9141
#ancientegypt #faience #AMULET #God #museum
September 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian faience amulet of the god Re-Horakhty depicted as a falcon with a sun disk. Although difficult to gage on the photo this artefact is really tiny, yet incredibly detailed!
E.9141
#ancientegypt #faience #AMULET #God #museum
E.9141
#ancientegypt #faience #AMULET #God #museum
Our #Objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian little blue faience seal in the form of a crouching oryx gazelle. Interestingly the stamp on the underside also depicts an oryx . It would have been used to mark ownership.
E.5426
#ancientegypt #gazelle #sealstamp #museum
E.5426
#ancientegypt #gazelle #sealstamp #museum
August 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #Objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian little blue faience seal in the form of a crouching oryx gazelle. Interestingly the stamp on the underside also depicts an oryx . It would have been used to mark ownership.
E.5426
#ancientegypt #gazelle #sealstamp #museum
E.5426
#ancientegypt #gazelle #sealstamp #museum
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian copper alloy statuette of the god Osiris. He was the god of fertility as well as the embodiment of the dead and the resurrected king.
E.1581
#ancientegypt #bronze #statuette #God #osiris #museum
E.1581
#ancientegypt #bronze #statuette #God #osiris #museum
January 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian copper alloy statuette of the god Osiris. He was the god of fertility as well as the embodiment of the dead and the resurrected king.
E.1581
#ancientegypt #bronze #statuette #God #osiris #museum
E.1581
#ancientegypt #bronze #statuette #God #osiris #museum
#ObjectoftheDay is this ivory and slate bracelet. Discovered at the ancient site of Naqada in what is often referred to as the ‘Royal Tomb’ the burial place of Neith-hotep. She was an ancient Egyptian queen, who lived around 5000 years ago, at the very beginnings of written history. E.5199
February 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this ivory and slate bracelet. Discovered at the ancient site of Naqada in what is often referred to as the ‘Royal Tomb’ the burial place of Neith-hotep. She was an ancient Egyptian queen, who lived around 5000 years ago, at the very beginnings of written history. E.5199
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this oil lamp with elongated spout and handle, round body, with small centre hole. The top is decorated with palmettes and volutes with Erotes and Dionysus head.
C.553
#oillamp #Erotes #Dionysius #museum
C.553
#oillamp #Erotes #Dionysius #museum
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our #ObjectoftheDay is this oil lamp with elongated spout and handle, round body, with small centre hole. The top is decorated with palmettes and volutes with Erotes and Dionysus head.
C.553
#oillamp #Erotes #Dionysius #museum
C.553
#oillamp #Erotes #Dionysius #museum
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek buff-coloured stamnos with black band and triangle decoration, and brown lines. This type of vessel was used to store liquids, but it could have had a similar function to the krater: namely to stir wine and water together to dilute them. C.639
April 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientGreek buff-coloured stamnos with black band and triangle decoration, and brown lines. This type of vessel was used to store liquids, but it could have had a similar function to the krater: namely to stir wine and water together to dilute them. C.639
#objectoftheday is this Corinthian aryballos decorated with soldiers in black and purple on white background. It dates to the Late Corinthian I period, 575-550 BCE. Aryballoi were small containers for scented oils thatwere mass-produced and widely distributed.
C.619
C.619
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#objectoftheday is this Corinthian aryballos decorated with soldiers in black and purple on white background. It dates to the Late Corinthian I period, 575-550 BCE. Aryballoi were small containers for scented oils thatwere mass-produced and widely distributed.
C.619
C.619
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientEgyptian menat counterpoise. These objects weighted the back of a collar or #necklace, so that it would sit properly on the wearer. Our menat is decorated with imagery featuring the #goddess #Hathor, in both human and bovine forms.
E.1471
E.1471
April 9, 2026 at 9:01 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientEgyptian menat counterpoise. These objects weighted the back of a collar or #necklace, so that it would sit properly on the wearer. Our menat is decorated with imagery featuring the #goddess #Hathor, in both human and bovine forms.
E.1471
E.1471
Our #objectoftheday is this #ancientEgyptian stone figurine depicting a #crocodile. This artefact was excavated by Garstang in the #town or #temple area of the ancient #settlement of #Hierakonpolis and can be dated to the Early Dynastic period.
E.620
Photo Credit: Tetisheri
E.620
Photo Credit: Tetisheri
July 14, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Our #objectoftheday is this #ancientEgyptian stone figurine depicting a #crocodile. This artefact was excavated by Garstang in the #town or #temple area of the ancient #settlement of #Hierakonpolis and can be dated to the Early Dynastic period.
E.620
Photo Credit: Tetisheri
E.620
Photo Credit: Tetisheri
#ObjectoftheDay is this white slip hemispherical bowl with round base and wish-bone handle and decorated with brown painted ladder pattern friezes. It comes from Arpera, Cyprus & dated to the Late Cypriot period. C.307
July 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
#ObjectoftheDay is this white slip hemispherical bowl with round base and wish-bone handle and decorated with brown painted ladder pattern friezes. It comes from Arpera, Cyprus & dated to the Late Cypriot period. C.307
Our #objectoftheday is this #ancientEgyptian wooden statuette of an unnamed man striding forward, a symbol of eternal vitality. It was #excavated at Abydos & it can be stylistically dated to the 12th Dynasty and identified as a Ka-statue, which were placed in tombs to receive offerings. E.7082
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Our #objectoftheday is this #ancientEgyptian wooden statuette of an unnamed man striding forward, a symbol of eternal vitality. It was #excavated at Abydos & it can be stylistically dated to the 12th Dynasty and identified as a Ka-statue, which were placed in tombs to receive offerings. E.7082