by mqbssnna | Mar 18, 2019 | Uncategorised
When Flinders Petrie arrived at the site of Tell Nabasha in early February 1886 he found that the site consisted of a tell (a hill of degraded mudbrick) surrounded by salt flats and swamps. He set to work excavating a large cemetery, a Ptolemaic ‘town’ and a large...
by mqbssnna | Mar 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
It’s the time of year, the time when hundreds of thousands of prospective students around the UK and the world are making up their minds about which courses to pursue and what universities to apply for. As preparation for our move from the Faculty of Biology, Medicine...
by mqbssnna | Mar 5, 2019 | Uncategorised
Perhaps amongst the most unusual objects from ancient Egypt are golden flies. These objects are pendants that appear in the form of a stylised fly as seen from above. They are generally small, averaging 1.2cm in length, but larger examples do exist...
by mqbssnna | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorised
In this series of blogs entitled ‘Behind the Scenes’ we’re going to show you a little bit about how our distance learning courses are created, and about the people and institutions which support their creation. Here at Manchester we teach a lot of...
by mqbssnna | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorised
The study of Egypt has been a part of the city of Manchester since the Industrial Age. Manchester, as a centre for the cotton industry had strong trade links with Alexandria during the 19th century and many of the cotton merchants and mill owners journeyed to Egypt...
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