The old site at www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/research/dodson/ecpuk has now become an antiquity in itself – not only because other commitments have meant that little has been done with it for some time, but also the platform it is hosted on – Zope – has become so obsolete that it is due to be turned off for good at the end of August. Hence this sparkling new site – which I am hoping will begin to gain additional new material in the not-too-distant future: and as a statement of intent, while the Bristol chapter is still not complete, I have added a conference paper that gives a good overview of the material.
Author: Aidan Dodson
Aidan Dodson is honorary full Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Anthropology & Archaeology at the University of Bristol, was Simpson Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo for the Spring of 2013, and Chair of Trustees of the Egypt Exploration Society from 2011 to 2016. He holds a BA in the Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean from the University of Liverpool, and an MPhil in Museum Practice & Archaeology and a PhD in Egyptology from Christ's College, University of Cambridge; he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2003.
The ECPUK Project
This is a long-term project is intended to document and publish a uniform series of catalogues of coffins and related items (e.g. mummy-masks) housed outside London, building on a catalogue of the material in Edinburgh published in 2010. The first regions to be started are the South-West – including Bristol, Bournemouth, Exeter, Plymouth, Torquay, Truro and Swansea – and the North-West – Bolton, Liverpool and Manchester – with the first entry being posted on this web-site in 2010: the intention is to post draft chapters as they are completed, with a consolidated print volume published in due course.
My thanks go to the various museums and their curators for all their help so far!