Red Gull - Debbie Lawson Exciting and intriguing exhibition of new work by Debbie Lawson, winner of the 2013 J D Fergusson Arts Award.  ...

Perth Museum Mummy in its coffin or sarcophagus. Six months ago Perth Museum & Art Gallery’s Egyptian mummy made an exciting tr...

For more information on Ancient Egypt try some of these websites, which include some fun interactive games: Manchester Children's ...

The Egyptian collection of Perth Museum reflect the collecting of all things Egyptian, known as 'Egyptomania', that was hugely pop...

Once robbed from a tomb some mummies were cut up and the pieces sold or otherwise traded into the antiquities market. This example comes ...

Ancient Egyptians believed animals and birds could also go into the afterlife. This had two aspects. One was the desire to play with pets ...

One of the most widely worn protective amulets was the wedjat eye: the restored eye of Horus. It was worn by the living, and often appeare...

The ancient Egyptians associated the hare with alertness and watchfulness and so with the protective goddess Wienut. Hare amulets were mad...

The scarab beetle was an important amulet type from around 2,600BC onwards. The real beetle lays its eggs in dung and then pushes the ball...

The more elaborate tombs in which the mummies and their grave good were placed were often richly decorated. This fragment of decorated wal...