What can museum objects tell us about their original cultures? People have been moving since the beginning of times and they have always managed to move their things as well! An example? An alabaster jar kept at The Hunterian was produced in Egypt but archaeologists discovered it in Palestine. Other vases, now in the museum, were made in Cyprus but uncovered in the Egyptian sands. This was the mid-2nd millennium B.C. in the Eastern Mediterranean: an era of internationalism, the first ‘globalized’ economy of exchange.
This blog will lead you on a journey of archaeological discoveries! Starting from the objects, we are going to explore the people behind them: who produced them, who used them and how? What did these objects mean to the original and the ‘adoptive’ cultures?
Follow highlight objects from The Hunterian Museum, both on display or in the stores! The ‘exhibition’ will start at the Archaeological section in The Hunterian Museum and continue on your personal device. Take a journey around the Mediterranean and engage with the past!
This project is part of the Hunterian Associates Programme, a platform for postgraduate researchers promoted by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow. More info at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/hunterian/learning/hunterianassociates/
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