Since our redesign of the Ure Museum’s learning environment in 2005, interns, volunteers & staff have conducted thematic research to answer big questions that relate to one or more of the artefacts in the collections of our collections. The resulting texts are available inside the Ure Museum on laminated A4 sheets and now you’re welcome to view and download pdf versions of them here, for your own learning & enjoyment. Each mention of an artefact on one of these pages links to its entry on our database so that you can see images of the artefacts & continue learning.
- Alexander’s army
- Animals and the divine in ancient Egypt
- Aphrodite rising from the sea
- Athena — Warrior goddess
- Athlete’s equipment
- Boats, models and the afterlife in ancient Egypt
- Bronze age warfare
- Cypriote figurines
- Alexander_Ure_UoR
- Dance, dance, dance
- Egyptian treasures
- Fantastic faience
- Games and glory (about the Olympics)
- The Gorgon Medusa
- Government in action
- Greeks at war
- ‘Koes’ Kabeiric kantharos
- In the company of Dionysos
- Linen in ancient Egypt
- Living forever (about a tombstone)
- Making onself up in ancient Egypt
- Mummies
- Pegasos among the gods
- Pharaohs, dynasties & kingdoms in ancient Egypt
- Pots, paintings and perfumes
- Roman writing
- A soldier’s life
- Statue of Aphrodite and Eros from Cyrene
- The storm of spears
- Taking inscriptions home
- The truth about sphinxes
- Ushabti: servants for the dead
- White-ground lekythoi and death
- ‘Women’s work’… weaving
You might also find our glossary and summary of ancient dates helpful.