This year we’re celebrating the Egypt Centre’s 20th Anniversary! Below are ten fun facts about Egyptology and the collection housed in this award winning museum and educational centre. An amulet or charm was worn to give the wearer protection or power. Different amulets were connected with different powers. The living wore amulets as jewellery. The dead…Continue Reading Celebrating 20 years of the Egypt Centre!
Pompeii and Herculaneum study trip 2018! – by Selin Erez
A popular module that can be taken by second year students (but all year groups are welcome on the study trip component!) is the Ancient and Historical Study Places module. This year, in April, Drs Nigel Pollard and Jo Berry took students to the Bay of Naples. There the students delivered on-site presentations as part…Continue Reading Pompeii and Herculaneum study trip 2018! – by Selin Erez
Picturing Late Antiquity – by Mark Humphries
As someone who teaches modules on the period known as late antiquity (roughly 200-800 CE), one of the really interesting developments in recent decades has been the appearance of many more resources that make the period accessible to students. One that is particularly close to my heart is the Liverpool University Press series, Translated Texts…Continue Reading Picturing Late Antiquity – by Mark Humphries