I had visited the National Museum of Rural Life in East Kilbride, Scotland with Anne over 20 years previously and had noted one striking and enigmatic object. This had been a large stone slab from a neolithic burial site in Perthshire engraved with so called ‘cup’ marks. My intuition at the time was that these… Continue reading Joining Neolithic Dots
Category: Archaeology
Posts that relate to archeology – e.g Ancient Egypt
The Rock Carvings at Ballochmyle
The topic of the rock carvings at Ballochmile in Ayrshire had cropped up soon after joining the Probus Club in Irvine, though I had then declined a kind offer to take me to their location. Some months later in what passes for mid-summer, it was resolved to explore the site. I had chosen a painting… Continue reading The Rock Carvings at Ballochmyle
The Petrie Museum, London
Most museum exhibits of artifacts from Ancient Egypt are carefully arranged in spacious cases where individual objects are curated with associated descriptions. The Petrie Museum within University College London (UCL) is not quite like that where an astonishing number of artifacts are contained within a remarkably small exhibition area. The museum is for the most… Continue reading The Petrie Museum, London