Rediscovering Egypt – Part 2: The Harrogate Collection in Swansea

In February 2023, the Egypt Centre (Swansea University) received more than 800 objects from the Royal Pump Room Museum in Harrogate as a three-year loan. During this period, the collection is being researched and made available to Egyptologists and the wider public, both online and in three temporary exhibitions. Thirty objects were chosen for the first of these displays, Causing Their Names to Live, inspired by a common vivification formula found on statues, stelae, and other objects. One of the most important concerns for ancient Egyptians was that their names would be remembered. In the autobiography of an official called Mentuhotep, he says that ‘anyone who shall remember my good name,