Materials & Making
Six Slender Supports Change How We Look at an Egyptian Headrest
Look closely at a wooden Egyptian headrest in The Met collection, using its unusual supports to separate the object’s documented form from modern assumptions.
Ancient objects, open questions
Notes from the collection
Objects & Beliefs
A Coffinette Is Small, but Its Place in the Burial Equipment Is Not Simple
A canopic coffinette from Tutankhamun’s equipment shows why a small object should be understood alongside the larger arrangement that held it.
Reading the Past
A Senet Board Can Contain Ancient Pieces and Modern Reconstruction
Read a reconstructed Egyptian gameboard by distinguishing surviving faience from modern additions, and keep those layers visible in your description.
Objects & Beliefs
In Meketre’s Model Granary, Counting Is Part of the Work
Meketre’s model granary depicts storage alongside measuring and accounting. Look at how its figures divide the work before imagining a whole economy.
Materials & Making
Ancient Linen with Repairs: Looking Beyond Perfect Preservation
A fine linen textile with ancient repairs invites questions about use and care, while showing why condition should be read through the museum’s evidence.
Reading the Past
An Inscription on Linen Can Change How a Find Is Understood
A linen sheet from Tutankhamun’s embalming cache connects writing, material and archaeological interpretation without reducing the object to a famous name.
Materials & Making
A Plain Linen Sheet Deserves More Than a Passing Glance
Use a modest linen sheet to practise reading material, dimensions and find context without assuming that every ancient textile tells the same story.
Materials & Making
Two Ink Wells and a Narrow Slot: Reading a Scribal Palette
Explore an Egyptian scribal palette through its ink wells, reed storage and catalogue details, keeping the writing tool distinct from the written text.