Place of Egypt

Transforming the body in old Egypt

Our 5th convention, Beyond Beauty delivered the old Egyptians at their most varied and spectacular, whilst allowing united states to glimpse all of them at their most intimate and human being.

This significant event not only explored the day-to-day routines of old Egyptians, moreover it resolved the importance of look in afterlife. Along side extraordinary coffins and funerary head covers had been their particular proprietors’ old mirrors, combs and hairpins, bracelets, necklaces, sandals, textiles, cosmetic vessels, aroma containers and other ornaments, along with pills giving united states insights into elite types of age, that have echoes into the style and lifestyle mags associated with present-day.

Beyond Beauty was curated by Dr Margaret Serpico with Heba Abd el Gawad and brought collectively Egyptology choices from our seven lover organisations: Bagshaw Museum (Kirklees Council), Bexhill Museum, Bolton Museum, Ipswich Museum, Macclesfield Museums, Royal Pavilion & Museums (Brighton & Hove) and Touchstones Rochdale.