Iziko Museums of South Africa - Cape Town
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Iziko Museums of South Africa - Cape Town

The Iziko Museums collection includes approximately 400 artefacts from ancient Egypt. A majority of these artefacts were acquired through donations in the early 20th century by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, the Egypt Exploration Fund, and British Egyptologists William M.F. Petrie and Guy Brunton (the rest of the collection comprises donations from South African collectors and the occasional purchase, mostly acquired in the mid-20th century).  Among this material is are many Naqada III – Dynasty 1 artefacts found by W.M.F. Petrie at Tarkhan in 1911–1912 and 1912–1913.

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