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The article describes one of the Egypt Manchester Museum's lesser-known objects. Topics include stick shabtis are ancient Egyptian ushabtis made of wood; and shabtis were buried close to the deceased in the inaccessible parts of the tomb chapel.

The article describes unobtrusive limestone stela, which was found by Egyptian workmen employed by Blackburn-born Egyptologist John Garstang at the sacred site of Abydos in Egypt. It mentions that the object can be assumed to be a tribute to the local god, Osiris, and also mentions about the scene that shows the worship of Amun.

The article focuses on project "To Have and To Heal" of Manchester Museum in Manchester, England to use ancient Egyptian material culture to address big questions in the post-pandemic world. Topics discussed include ancient Egyptian material culture of the Predynastic Period; information on apotropaic imagery; and deity represented by a wooden figurine from the Ramesseum tomb.

The article discusses Manchester Museum has possessed an important historical documents found in Egypt in the stela of Sebek-khu. It mentions that it was discovered at the site of Abydos by John Garstang in 1901, excavating for the Egyptian Research Account; and also mentions that Thomas Eric Peet who became an expert and author on Egyptian military campaigns.

The article examines a Twenty-second Dynasty coffin found by Flinders Petrie at Qurna, Egypt. It mentions assemblage belonging to the male mummy was sent to Bristol Museum and the group belonging to his wife, a temple singer named Perenbast. It also mentions X-rays taken in the 1970s as part of the Manchester Egyptian Mummy Project revealed some dense shapes in the area of Perenbast's chest.

The article examines a limestone stela which is a stone slab or pillar with ancient carvings and inscriptions from the New Kingdom era, found by W. M. Flinders Petrie at large-scale excavations in Memphis, Giza Governorate in Egypt. Topics discussed include its purpose which is to assert the physical presence of a person commemorated on the monument, significance to the field of archaeology and Egyptology, and the representation of Ptah, the local god of Memphis.

The article reports on the inauguration of new galleries dedicated to Ancient Egypt, East Asia and the Art of Ceramics by the National Museums Scotland in February 2019.

The article focuses on the collection mummy and coffins of Asru, an elite lady from Twenty-fifth or Twenty-sixth Dynasty at the Manchester Museum in Egypt. It refers to the Manchester Egyptian Mummy Project under which Asru has been investigated between the 1970s and 2000s. It highlights texts on the coffins, which are formulaic prayers.

The article discusses the decorative cartonnage cover used on the tomb of mummified body excavated at the archaeological site Hawara, Egypt. Topics discussed include the use of plaster and linen as materials by the Egyptian funerary industry, the artistic depiction of an Egyptian goddess, and the discovery of the cover in the pyramid of Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat III.

The article presents the discussion on describing a Roman Period statuette of the god Bes in Manchester Museum's collection including the survival of extremely large quantities of fired clay figurines of deities.

The article reviews an exhibition "Golden Mummies of Egypt" by Manchester Museum featuring fine basalt stela of Pawerem.

The article focuses on stela was excavated by men working for the archaeologist Flinders Petrie at the site of Coptos, with financial support from Manchester industrialist Jesse Haworth. It mentions the archaeological origin of the piece at Coptos implies its function was commemorative; and also mentions the stela's inscription is important in making explicit the parentage of Isis.

The article provides an overview of the finely executed limestone reliefs from false door emplacement. The limestone relief was marred by salt encrustations when first identified in the collection of pharmaceutical baron Sir Henry Wellcome. The false door was intended to channel the deceased's presence, or of a deity in some temples, into a sacred space to obtain offerings.

In this article the author examines another of his favourite objects from collection of Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, a kneeling statue of king of Egypt, Hor-Psamtek. Topics include although damaged, this life-size quartzite statue would have been of very high quality when complete and installed in a temple, and Hor is shown holding - and therefore eternally protecting - a naos shrine, which contains an image of a lion-headed goddess, probably a form of Bastet.

The article looks at the carving on the limestone at the Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of King Ramesses II. According to the author brief history about the ancient Egyptian noble, Ramose is mentioned followed by the carving on the stela stating offering made by Ramose to Ptah and the remains of the Deir el-Medina village during the reign of Ramesses II.

The article examines a small copper alloy statuette of the Apis bull in a wooden sledge in the Manchester Museum collection in Great Britain. Topics discussed include the bull believed to be the earthly incarnation of the Memphte god Ptah, the Egyptian religious practice that temple objects were considered sacred after they had been used and rituals conducted along the Way for the funeral of an Apis bull.

The article offers information on Shabti being the common Egyptian objects in museum collections like King Sety I and different materials has been used in shabits like faience, wood, and steatite. It also mentions that shabits represents as insurance policy and has been the part of private burial equipment since the Middle Kingdom.

The article offers information on the key artifact at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester. Topics discussed include the wooden cat coffin of around Ptolemaic date; archive photography showing the archaeologist Cecil Firth at the site of Saqqara surrounded by excavated cat-shaped bronzes and coffins; and CT-scanning and radiography of coffin. It mention about the Manchester Museum’s touring exhibition Animal Mummies Uncovered in Wigan, England until January 13, 2018.

The article offers information on the Predynastic Period ceramic bowl which was discovered as part of the 1909 excavation funded by the Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF) at el-Mahasna cemetery in Egypt. It states that the ceramic bowl was restored by conservators at Manchester Museum in Manchester, England. It mentions that the decoration of the bowl was called C-ware by archaeologist W. M. Flinders Petrie.

The article reports on the unusual mummy mask which is the collection of local architect William Sharp Ogden in 1925 from Luxor in Egypt and exhibited at the Manchester Museum with Accession no. 7931. Discussed is the mask which is made from cartonnage and has been painted with the face covered with a fine layer of gold. It states that the mask's appearance resembles the 'Late Period' or 'Ptolemaic' in several Museum records.

The article focuses on the history of the small wooden figurine featured at the Manchester Museum in England. It provides brief details of the description of the figurine and its significant role played in the history of Egypt. It also how the Manchester figurine and its find spot among other magical objects offer particular glimpse of the social context in the country.

The article offers information on a pyramid temple column recycled and reused by King Rameses II of Egypt, which was displayed at the Manchester Museum in England. Topics mentioned the historical significance of the column as a column that fronted the pronaos of a temple dedicated to God Herishef at Herakleopolis Magna, and the decorations that were added to the column to glorify Rameses II including his image worshipping and burning incense in front of Herishef.

The article discusses Professor Rosalie David presenting a new book called Temple Ritual at Abydos to the Minister of Antiquities Dr Khalid El-Enany which depicts religious rituals present on the temple walls of King Sety 1 at Abydos.

A response from the author of the article "A Female Figurine from the Magician's Tomb" by Dr. Campbell Price in Issue 99.

The article reports on the movement of the statuette of Nebsenu in Manchester Museum in Manchester, England.