ANTIQUITIES
The Department of Antiquities contains internationally renowned archaeological collections with particular strengths in Prehistoric Europe, the Ancient Near East, Ancient Egypt and Sudan, Minoan Aegean, Mycenaean and Classical Greece, Ancient Cyprus, the Roman world and Medieval and later Europe. We also hold the museum's Founding Collection and historic archives.
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ANTIQUITIES COLLECTIONS
TREASURES FROM OUR COLLECTION
ALFRED JEWEL
ALFRED JEWEL
BALLYSHANNON 'SUN DISC'
BALLYSHANNON 'SUN DISC'
CYCLADIC FIGURE
CYCLADIC FIGURE
DJED-DJEHUTY-IUEF-ANKH MUMMY
DJED-DJEHUTY-IUEF-ANKH MUMMY
GUY FAWKES' LANTERN
GUY FAWKES' LANTERN
JERICHO SKULL
JERICHO SKULL
KNOSSOS STORAGE JAR
KNOSSOS STORAGE JAR
MUMMY OF MERESAMUN
MUMMY OF MERESAMUN
POTTERY JAR, KITION
POTTERY JAR, KITION
POWHATAN'S MANTLE
POWHATAN'S MANTLE
PRINCESS FRESCO
PRINCESS FRESCO
PROTECTIVE SPIRIT
PROTECTIVE SPIRIT
VISIT US
ANTIQUITIES GALLERIES
READING AND WRITING
READING AND WRITING
ROME
ROME
ITALY BEFORE ROME
ITALY BEFORE ROME
GREECE
GREECE
EUROPEAN PREHISTORY
EUROPEAN PREHISTORY
ANCIENT CYPRUS
ANCIENT CYPRUS
ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST
ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST
AEGEAN WORLD
AEGEAN WORLD
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURE
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURE
EGYPT AT ITS ORIGINS
EGYPT AT ITS ORIGINS
ANCIENT EGYPT AND SUDAN
ANCIENT EGYPT AND SUDAN
LIFE AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT
LIFE AND DEATH IN ANCIENT EGYPT
THE AMARNA 'REVOLUTION'
THE AMARNA 'REVOLUTION'
EGYPT IN THE AGE OF EMPIRES
EGYPT IN THE AGE OF EMPIRES
EGYPT MEETS GREECE AND ROME
EGYPT MEETS GREECE AND ROME
MEDIEVAL CYPRUS
MEDIEVAL CYPRUS
ENGLAND 400-1600
ENGLAND 400-1600
MEDITERRANEAN WORLD
MEDITERRANEAN WORLD
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CONTACT US
Tel: +44 (0)1865 278020
Email: antiquities@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Sackler Keeper of Antiquities: Paul Roberts, Roman Collections
Eleanor Standley, Curator of Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Collections, and European material from the Tradescant Collection
Liam McNamara, Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator for Ancient Egypt and Sudan
Alison Roberts, Curator of European and Early Prehistoric Collections, and African, American and Asian material from the Tradescant Collection
Anja Ulbrich, A.G. Leventis Curator of Cypriot Antiquities
Andrew Shapland, Sir Arthur Evans Curator of Bronze Age and Classical Greece
Administrator: Ilaria Perzia
Documentation Officer: Helen Hovey
Museum Assistant: Claire Burton
Museum Assistant: Dana Macmillan
Email: antiquities@ashmus.ox.ac.uk
Sackler Keeper of Antiquities: Paul Roberts, Roman Collections
Eleanor Standley, Curator of Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Collections, and European material from the Tradescant Collection
Liam McNamara, Lisa and Bernard Selz Curator for Ancient Egypt and Sudan
Alison Roberts, Curator of European and Early Prehistoric Collections, and African, American and Asian material from the Tradescant Collection
Anja Ulbrich, A.G. Leventis Curator of Cypriot Antiquities
Andrew Shapland, Sir Arthur Evans Curator of Bronze Age and Classical Greece
Administrator: Ilaria Perzia
Documentation Officer: Helen Hovey
Museum Assistant: Claire Burton
Museum Assistant: Dana Macmillan
Museum Assistant: Bryony Smerdon