'Made in Ancient Egypt' - The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

In a brilliant departure from the usual parade of golden death masks and awe inspiring tombs, the 'Made in Egypt' exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge finally turns the spotlight onto the everyday grafters who actually built the entire civilisation that many of us have come to adore. For those of us who appreciate that it is all of history, not just the gilded lives of the top one percent, that makes the past so compelling, this exhibition is an absolute and undoubted triumph. It dives into the unvarnished reality of Egypt's ancient industry, keeping the ancient Egyptian settin...

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