Stories
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A body apart from the head
We look back at the importance of the head, from how it’s influenced our language to the bold political statement of having it removed.
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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner
Could modern magic shows be perpetuating damaging cultural stereotypes? Shelley Saggar shows how ‘exotic’ costumes and imagery are far from harmless fun.
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The ambivalence of air
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.
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A symbol of a lost homeland
The story of one protective amulet from Palestine reveals a complex tale. Encompassing the personal history of an influential doctor and collector, it provides a window onto dispossession and exile, and the painful repercussions that are still felt today.
Catalogue
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A compendious grammar of the Egyptian language as contained in the Coptic and Sahidic dialects; with observations on the Bashmuric: together with alphabets and numerals in the hieroglyphic and enchorial characters ... / By the Rev. Henry Tattam ... With an appendix, consisting of the rudiments of a dictionary of the ancient Egyptian language in the enchorial character: by Thomas Young, M.D.
Tattam, Henry, 1789-1868.Date: 1830
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Ancient alphabets and hieroglyphic characters explained; with an account of the Egyptian priests, their classes, initiation, and sacrifices / in the Arabic language by Ahmad bin Abubekr bin Wahshih; and in English by Joseph Hammer.
Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, active 9th century.Date: 1806- Pictures
Two Egyptian women carrying water vessels on their heads.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 3307393iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Pictures
An Egyptian woman poses with a naked child in a photographic studio.
Date: [approximately 1900]Reference: 3307392iPart of: The Fallaize Collection.- Videos
Science and Islam. 1. The language of science.
Date: 2017