Friends of PAES - Poynton Ancient Egypt Society UK

Friends of the Society

Below you will find some interesting links to local Museums and Publications

Local Museums

Atkinson Museum Southport

An interesting Egyptology Gallery which takes visitors on a journey through what life was like in Ancient Egypt at the time of the Pharaohs

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Bolton Museum

The newly refurbished Bolton Egyptology Collection is home to a wonderful selection of artefacts and textiles. The latter being as a result of the Town’s links to the textile industry through the Barlow family, who like Macclesfield had links to the Egypt Exploration Fund (now Egypt Exploration Society)

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Liverpool World Museum

Is home to over 16,000 objects from Ancient Egypt and Nubia, making it one of the largest collections in Great Britain

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Macclesfield Museum

We are proud of our local Museum and our connection to it. The Egyptology collection has moved from West Park to its new location in the Silk Museum. The Egyptology collection was the idea of a local woman Marianne Brocklehurst and contains a wide selection of the artefacts she collected. She was a supporter of the Egypt Exploration Fund (now Egypt Exploration Society) and an early subscriber to fund raising effort in support of Flinders Petrie (often known as the father of Egyptian exploration due to his use of systematic methods)

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Manchester Museum

The museum is home to a wide collection, but especially the city is proud of its vast Egyptology connections. This also includes collections from Sudan, which together, form one of the largest collections of its kind in the UK. The collection has had long history with the University of Manchester including the famous “Manchester Mummy Project”.

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Towneley Hall Museum

Ancient Egypt is the focus of the Collector’s Room at Towneley which has a small but impactful collection.

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Publications

Ancient Egypt Magazine

Under the Editorship of Mancunians, and written for a general audience the magazine has been going strong for a number of years. It contains illustrated articles, book reviews and news from Egypt. It is published every two months

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EES Egyptian Archaeology Magazine

Free resources courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society

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NILE Magazine

Contains articles written for seems to be mainly for the public. It has a look and feel of Ancient Egypt Magazine. It has a global editorship, but it is printed in the UK. It appears to be a new publication, and is chock full of photographs

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