Department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum

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curatorial division museum department

The Department of Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum is the curatorial division responsible for one of the world’s most important collections of ancient Egyptian and Sudanese antiquities, including iconic artifacts such as the Rosetta Stone.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
British Museum Department of Egypt and Sudan	1
British Museum Department of Egypt and Sudan collection	1
Department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum canonical	1
Sudanese collections of the British Museum	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	curatorial division ⓘ museum department ⓘ
activity	academic research ⓘ conservation of artifacts ⓘ curation of objects ⓘ organization of exhibitions ⓘ public engagement and education ⓘ publication of catalogues and scholarly works ⓘ
collectionFocus	ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Nubia ⓘ ancient Sudan ⓘ
collectionIncludes	Rosetta Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ coffins ⓘ daily life objects ⓘ funerary equipment ⓘ jewellery ⓘ mummies ⓘ ostraca ⓘ papyrus manuscripts ⓘ sculpture of Ramesses II ⓘ statues ⓘ stelae ⓘ temple reliefs ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
curates	Egyptian galleries of the British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudanese galleries of the British Museum ⓘ
employs	collection managers ⓘ conservators ⓘ curators ⓘ researchers ⓘ
hasCollectionSize	one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities outside Egypt ⓘ one of the most important collections of Sudanese antiquities outside Sudan ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
locatedIn	British Museum, Bloomsbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
partOf	British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchField	Egyptology ⓘ Nubian studies ⓘ Sudan archaeology ⓘ
responsibleFor	collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities ⓘ collection of ancient Sudanese antiquities ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	Coptic period ⓘ Pharaonic Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Predynastic Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemaic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period in Egypt ⓘ early Islamic period in Egypt and Sudan ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rosetta Stone → museumCollection → Department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum ⓘ

Department of Egypt and Sudan → responsibleFor → Department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sudanese collections of the British Museum

tomb of Nebamun paintings → partOf → Department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Museum Department of Egypt and Sudan collection

Papyrus of Ani → collection → Department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Museum Department of Egypt and Sudan