PIN The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Walk like an Egyptian

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, was set up in 1892 by eccentric traveller and diarist Amelia Edwards. It is named after Flinders Petrie a tireless excavator and discovery of ancient Egyptian relics. Its aged wooden cabinets are full of pottery shards, grooming accessories, jewellery and primitive tools. Highlights include artefacts of from the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten`s short-lived capital Tell el Amarna. It is very strong on detail and focusses on the minutiae of the discoveries.







Among the oddities is a 4,000-year-old skeleton of a man who was buried in an earthenware pot. Wind-up torches help you peer into the gloomy corners of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.



The Petrie Museum holds over 80,000 objects that tell the story of the Nile Valley from pre-history to the emergence of Islam.







Ancient mummy cases, hair combs, beaded dresses and cooking pots reveal what life was like for all classes of Egyptian people, from farmers to pharaohs.