![]() ![]() Passageway in the Meydûm pyramid, looking down to the first antechamber. On the slate palettes was ground, with desert pebbles, the eye paint which the most ancient Egyptians used. These are implements and other objects of daily use such as tools of flint, bone and ivory, and combs, hairpins and slate palettes (fig. Amongst the objects exhibited in the left center table case we find a small group of remains from a very early settlement in the Southwestern Delta (Merimde) and quite a number of objects from prehistoric tombs of Upper Egypt from the time of the fourth and perhaps fifth millennium B.C. As we enter the Hall from the Chinese rotunda, we find ourselves at the beginnings of Egyptian history proper, but as our glance travels over the many objects to the opposite wall we pass through millennia down to the time when Roman Emperors were lords of the Nile Valley.īefore regarding these objects in detail, we should cross over to the second small room on the right side, that is, if we are interested at all in the prehistoric beginnings of Egyptian civilization. Only the objects in the Upper Hall of Sculpture have been arranged in an approximately chronological order, and here we shall begin our review of the collections. The Egyptian antiquities have been exhibited on two different levels: in the large “Upper Egyptian Hall” or “Hall of Statuary” with its five small adjoining rooms, and in the large “Lower Egyptian Hall” with one smaller room adjoining. Image Number: 32749 THE UPPER EGYPTIAN HALL The Museum’s excavations at Meydûm, showing workmen clearing the causeway east of the pyramid At Areika, Anibeh, Karanog, and Buhen in Nubia, 1907-1910.These expeditions of the University Museum have been carried out in the following places: Eckley Brinton Coxe, Jr., the Museum was able to send out its own expeditions and thus, through the liberal attitude of the Egyptian Government of those times, the bulk of the collection was very considerably increased. Later through the liberality of the late Mr. From the very beginning the Museum had subscribed to the British excavations in Egypt, and some of our outstanding pieces, especially those dating from the beginnings of Egyptian history, are the results of these subscriptions. ![]() In the early days-the Museum was first opened to the public in 1898-a number of objects were purchased from dealers in this country and abroad, while others were presented by public-spirited Philadelphians. The objects forming the present collections of the University Museum were acquired in various ways. ![]()
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