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08/08/2024

To celebrate , here's a very sweet little cat from the Harrogate Egyptian Collection.

Figurine of a Cat

02/02/2024

It's national hedgehog day so we're celebrating our namesake, the goddess Abaset, depicted with a hedgehog on her head.
https://egyptcentrecollectionblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/abaset-prickly-goddess.html?m=1

27/01/2024

Sensory/treasure/fidget baskets - whatever you choose to call them, they're a fab resource for those that need to keep their hands busy!

01/01/2024

Happy 2024!
Here at Abaset HQ, we're looking forward to another year of great collaborations, and increasing digital accessibility of collections!

23/12/2023

A big thank you to all our clients and supporters in 2023 - have a great Christmas!

08/10/2023

We're keeping the party going here at Abaset HQ after a wonderful day at The Egypt Centre's 25th anniversary celebrations yesterday as today marks THREE YEARS since the launch of the Egypt Centre Online Collection.
It was amazing to hear from so many staff, students, volunteers, researchers, and members of the public about the ways Abaset has improved their engagement with the collection.
Here's a few screenshots from yesterday's event highlighting the ways in which Abaset has been utilised.

07/10/2023

And we're live - we'd love to hear your feedback on our newest online collection!
https://harrogate.abasetcollections.com/

07/10/2023

Today's the day! As part of The Egypt Centre's 25th anniversary celebrations, the Harrogate Egyptian collection, currently on loan to Swansea, will be available online!

Link to follow after Ken Griffin's keynote this afternoon.

02/10/2023

It's the final countdown! The Harrogate Egyptian collection goes live this Saturday!

22/09/2023

It's now just over TWO WEEKS until the launch of this fantastic collection!

17/09/2023

The big day is getting ever closer with lots of work going on behind the scenes to get this online collection ready to share with you all!

13/09/2023

Visting Basel for and couldn't resist sharing this rather sassy little hedgehog at the Antikenmuseum Basel!

12/09/2023

Just 25 days to go until the Harrogate Egyptian Collection is launched online. We're so excited to share this wonderful collection with you!

07/09/2023

Just one month to go until the Harrogate Egyptian Collection is available online for you to explore!

02/09/2023

The countdown continues! Just 35 days to go until we launch the Harrogate Egyptian Collection online.

28/08/2023

40 days to go until we launch the Online Harrogate Egyptian Collection! The objects will be on loan to The Egypt Centre for the next three years.

23/08/2023

45 days to go until the online catalogue launch for the Harrogate Egyptian Collection. The award-winning The Egypt Centre is researching a collection of more than 800 items on loan from Harrogate Museums for the next three years.

18/08/2023

The countdown has begun! In 50 days, as part of 's celebrations, we will be launching the Harrogate loan online collection to the public. Stay tuned for further details.

14/08/2023

It’s now almost six months since over 800 objects arrived to the Egypt Centre on loan from Harrogate Museum . Since then, the objects have b...

09/08/2023

Max finally got to try out his Minecraft trail in the galleries at The Egypt Centre. He loved finding all the objects he'd researched in the online catalogue in person!

You can explore Minecraft materials that you also find in ancient Egypt here: egyptcentre.abasetcollections.com/Trails/Details/111?trail=Minecraft_Materials

25/02/2023

An innovative new trail available this weekend:
egyptcentre.abasetcollections.com/Trails/Details/111?trail=Minecraft_Materials

Max (aged 6) has identified 20 different materials which you can find in both The Egypt Centre and the world of Minecraft! Visit the museum to follow as an audio tour, or follow along virtually.

Max has found all the objects and researched their properties, even recording the narration!

Great job Max!

Did you know that some of the materials found in the Egypt Centre can also be found in the world of Minecraft? Many thanks to Max (aged 6) for creating this trail with the help of resources at https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki for the additional information on material properties.

15/02/2023

A great overview in the Cipeg journal detailing the amazing work of The Egypt Centre adapting to the challenges of the pandemic, including the launch of the online collection.

A Digital Presence in the Time of COVID-19: Reflections on Past, Present and Future Strategies Using Digital Technologies at Swansea University's Egypt Centre Kenneth Griffin (Author) KENNETH GRIFFIN studied at Swansea University. He is currently the Curator of the Egypt Centre, Swansea University.....

08/10/2022

Today we're celebrating two years since we launched the The Egypt Centre Online Collection! We've had over 85,000 user sessions since the launch. It's been great to see the impact the software has had in making this wonderful collection more accessible!

31/07/2022

Congratulations to the on the fantastic win in the tonight - Sekhmet would be very proud! ⚽🦁

15/06/2022

It's great to be back at the Egypt Centre today updating the Online Collection in person - can't beat getting hands on with these amazing objects!

01/06/2022

A great new trail from The Egypt Centre. Congratulations to Ken Griffin from us all at Abaset HQ on his well deserved new role as Curator - can't wait for more collaborations with this amazing collection.

For some people, museum objects evoke memories. The objects in this trail were selected by the Egypt Centre Curator, Dr Ken Griffin, because they remind him of people (both ancient and modern), events, or have played a role in helping to develop his career.

12/02/2021

Happy Lunar New Year! We're hoping to encourage a happy and prosperous Year of the Ox by sharing this lovely bovine amulet from The Egypt Centre .
Can you find your zodiac animal in the online collection?
https://egyptcentre.abasetcollections.com/Objects/Details/2291

Amulet

09/12/2020

Another new trail for The Egypt Centre Online Collection

Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) was a man of many aliases who amassed several collections of both valuable and worthless antiquities. Many of these were purchased at auction by Sir Henry Wellcome (1853–1936) in 1906, 1907, and 1913, with around 600 objects—and perhaps as many as 1000—now h...

13/11/2020

An Egypt Centre double feature today at the Cipeg virtual conference! Following on from Ken's summary of The Egypt Centre's diverse work during 2020, I gave an overview of our collaboration. It was wonderful to hear such a range of ways in which museums are still managing to engage despite the challenges this year throws at us.

31/10/2020

Happy halloween everyone! To get you in the spooky mood (and in anticipation of the free "Daemons in The Egypt Centre" curator's talk on Wednesday), check out this Daemons and Protective Deities trail: egyptcentre.abasetcollections.com/Trails/Details/7?trail=Daemons_And_Deities.

The word ‘daemon’ generally means good spirit or demi-god; those living being who are not easily categorised as humans, nor animals, nor gods with cult centres. Often the way they look symbolised their characteristics and otherness. It is important to realise that in ancient Egypt, daemons could...