![]() ![]() ![]() Their responses showed their interest and engagement, especially with less familiar objects of ancient Egyptian material culture like this wooden statuette. Project participants – students and recent graduates in Cairo – shared their personal responses and/or created their own new labels for these objects. National Museums Scotland has been participating in online engagement with Egyptian communities by sharing images and information about its collections in collaboration with project researcher Heba Abd el Gawad. At the same time, the project hopes to transform awareness in the UK of modern Egyptian interest in its heritage. ![]() The ‘Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage’ project is sharing this information and fostering dialogue to transform and amplify Egyptian narratives around these collections and histories. Little attention has been given to the impact of colonial legacies on modern Egyptian communities, but there is a demonstrable interest for better information in Egypt about how artefacts were excavated and exported. ![]()
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