#museum-photography — Public Fediverse posts

🌸 As we head full-on into Spring in the northern hemisphere (despite what the weather outside might be telling me), it makes me think of these lotus flowers from ancient Egypt that I photographed for Manchester Museum's 'To Have and To Heal' project in 2021.

The flowers were found on the chest of a 22nd Dynasty woman called Perenbast, a singer of the god Amun in ancient Thebes.
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🏺A tiny pot found during John Garstang's excavations at the ancient site of Koshtamna in Sudan, seemingly plain until you realise all those marks in the surface were made by straw inclusions in the clay. It's details like that that make me happy ...

Several thousand years old and measuring only 8 cm, I photographed this for the Garstang Museum of Archaeology's 'Before Egypt' exhibition back in 2019. Photo © me.
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‼️My part-time work with the EES is coming to an end this month, and I'm going back to being fully self-employed. I've got some exciting new projects planned, including a book and a photography club. More info in this article 👉 https://tetisheri.substack.com/p/all-change-at-tetisheri

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Bronze statuette (11.4 cm) of Harpocrates (Hor-pa-khered, 'Horus the Child'), the personification of the reborn morning sun. He's easily recognised by his crown, his 'sidelock of youth' hairstyle, his finger held to his mouth, and ... his complete butt-nakededness.

Unprovenanced, now in the collection at the Garstang Museum of Archaeology. Photo © me.
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Amulet of the Egyptian god Thoth (or Djehuty, to call him by his actual Egyptian name) in his form as a seated baboon, patron deity of scribes.

The crescent and full moon on his head reflect his lunar connection.

Dating from around the New Kingdom, the amulet is only 5.5 cm tall, and is in the collection at Manchester Museum.

📷 Photo © me.

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Osiris on his throne in the Hall of Judgement. Detail, just a few cm tall, from a Saite Period Book of the Dead at the Garstang Museum of Archaeology. The papyrus had broken where it was rolled up, and the fragments had slipped inside the glass, so I realigned them in Photoshop. Photo © me.

I wrote an article a while back about how I go about realigning fragments of papyri post photography: https://tetisheri.co.uk/repairing-papyri-photoshop/

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"Reisen im Kopf" - armchair travel

hier: mit Tim und Struppi auf den Mond - im Comicmuseum Brüssel

to the moon with Tintin & Snowy (Milou) - at Comic Art Museum Brussels

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Carnelian bead from Egypt carved into the shape of a hyena's head, with that distinctive ridge of fur on its neck. Unprovenanced, sadly, but now in the collection at the Garstang Museum of Archaeology.

Oh, one other thing ... it's literally a centimetre big ... 🤯🔬

This is actually a composite image made from 111 photos, using focus stacking and exposure bracketing. Photographed in 2002 for my #TinyEgypt project. Photo © me.
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I do love a Predynastic red-and-buff decorated pot like this. The painted decoration depicts people on a boat, with a standard in the centre. This early Egyptian art is so full of character.
Photographed January 2019 for the Before Egypt exhibition by the Garstang Museum of Archaeology. Photos © me.

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