The Global Egyptian Museum

The Global Egyptian Museum

At a rough estimate, over 2 million objects from ancient Egypt are kept in about 850 public collections, dispersed over 69 countries around the world. This website aims to collect them into a global virtual museum, which can be visited at any time, from any place. The Global Egyptian Museum is a long-term project, carried out under the aegis of the International Committee for Egyptology (CIPEG).

Selection Principles

The Basic Mode, currently showcasing 1301 highlights, is geared to the interested public. A glossary of more than 400 items explains Egyptian terms and themes. Many objects are provided with audio comments and 3D-movies.
The Advanced Mode, equiped with a powerfull search and data entry engine, opens up the full database - presently 11321 objects - to professionals and amateurs.
Kids! offers information for children at the age of 8-12 years in an interactive way.
Supported by CIPEG, Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM/UNESCO), and Hosted by CULTNAT, Center by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Object Characteristics

Search can be done by All Objects; All Materials; All periods; All Sites; and All Museums. Objects are available in turbnails; and images are available in JPEG Image, in Dimensions 455 x 600 pixels dowloadable.

Images can be viewed and zoomed in high quality.

Metadata

Descriptive Summary include: Name of the item, followed byt its present location; inventory number; dating; archaeological site; category; material; technique; and height contitute the descriptive summary. In some cases, other details about the item are available, as example: width and depth-describing coffin-.

AUDIENCE

I would imagine that this collection may prove useful to historians and authors as well as scholars of history and art, anthropology, archeology, and curious.