Research Areas
The Western Australian Museum is one of the State's premier centres of excellence in the areas of natural sciences, anthropology, archaeology and history.
Museum scientists and curators work in the fields of aquatic zoology, archaeology and anthropology, conservation, earth and planetary sciences, history, maritime archaeology, maritime history and terrestrial zoology.
Our staff have specialist, often internationally regarded expertise in their areas and work extensively with other museums and universities both nationally and overseas.
Museum staff carry out extensive research and field work and have produced some of the State's most exciting scientific finds including: the Gogo fish; ancient megafauna such as Thylacoleo carnifex; new species of frogs, reptiles and spiders; and an abundance of new marine species along the vast WA coastline.
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WAMCAES
The Western Australian Museum Centre for Ancient Egyptian Studies (WAMCAES) aims to raise money to support Western Australian Museum research, exhibitions and purchases of ancient Egyptian specimens for the collections and books for research, and simplify access to information about ancient Egypt for all Western Australians.
WAMCAES publish annual newsletters, hold public lectures from local and visiting Egyptologists, and offer classes on aspects of ancient Egyptian life.
Lectures
Your membership subscriptions will help bring visiting lecturers from interstate and overseas.
Upcoming lectures:
Prof Karol Myśliwiec
University of Warsaw, Poland
Polish-Egyptian excavations in Saqqara -
A double necropolis in a quarry : Two posthumous neighbours (Mer-ef-neb-ef and Ny-ankh-Nefertem) from the Old Kingdom in Saqqara
Sunday 31 July, 2011 2.00 – 3.00 pm with refreshments served after lecture
The Tunnel, Western Australian Museum - Perth.
Entry charges apply
Download the flyer for this event [132kb].
Journals
Current Journal
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WAMCAES News Issue 8: Free to members, all others $10 + $2.50 postage through Moya Smith [moya.smith@museum.wa.gov.au] or purchase from the WA Museum Bookshop.
Previous Journals
WAMCAES publishes one journal a year. Back issues of the WAMCAES journals can be purchased from the WA Museum's Perth Bookshop or by contacting moya.smith@museum.wa.gov.au
View past issue contents here [PDF 163kb].
Images and articles
Articles to download
- Imaging Ancient Egypt: Abu Simbel Old and New [PDF 3.75mb]
Images to download
- Hatshepsut’s temple at Deir el Bahri [ZIP 11.9mb]
- Meidum Pyramid – probably built by Sneferu [ZIP 4.6mb]
Contact Us
WAMCAES co-ordinators
Dr Alanah Buck, Dr Moya Smith and Heather Tunmore
With assistance from: Norah Cooper, Jacquie Gregson , Christine Mair
Email: moya.smith@museum.wa.gov.au
Post: WAMCAES
Anthropology Department
Western Australian Museum
Locked Bag 49
Welshpool DC, WA 6986
- 19th Dynasty (1307 - 1196 BC) wooden ushabti
- Photo by Ross Chadwick
- Image copyright of WA Museum
Membership
Membership of the Centre entitles members to
- one newsletter each year
- advance notification of all events
- discounted entry price for lectures
- 10% discount at the WA Museum Shop on presentation of WAMCAES membership card.
Your membership will help to
- bring visiting lecturers from interstate and overseas to Western Australia
- raise money to support Western Australian Museum research and exhibitions
- raise money to support Western Australian Museum purchases of ancient Egyptian specimens for the collections
Download a membership form [PDF 245kb]
Our Logo
Our logo represents the earth god Aker, shown here as two lions sitting back to back. One lion faces west where the sun sets and begins its nightly journey through the underworld; the other faces east towards the rising sun and the new day. These two lions guard the entrance to and exit from the underworld, and were closely associated with the journey of the sun through the underworld. Chris Bryant’s drawing is based on a depiction of Aker in the 19th Dynasty Book of the Dead of Ani, a papyrus in the British Museum. The Western Australian Museum’s rare book collection includes an 1890s publication of this papyrus.
Links
Egyptology.com – “The best Egypt links on the Web”.
http://www.egyptology.com/reeder/links.html
Egyptology Resources – A site with links to a number of resources, including Egyptology FAQ, Digs, Journals and more.
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/
Digital Egypt for Universities – A teaching and learning resource from University College London.
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/Welcome.html
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology – The online catalogue of the Petrie Museum, and online teaching resources.
http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/
The University of Pennsylvania Museum, click on the image for a New Look at an ancient Culture and discover a wealth of information.
www.penn.museum/online-exhibits/513-egypt-new-look-at-an-ancient-culture.html
Washington State University – A site that covers a number of topics, including ‘history and peoples’ and ‘culture’, and links to other resources.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/EGYINRES.HTM
British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) - Online issues of the BMSAES journals from 2002 - 2010.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/bmsaes.aspx
The British Museum - The British Museum's Egyptian collection.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/world_cultures/africa/ancient_egypt...
Guided Tours to Egypt - Dr Michael Birrell of Macquarie University runs regular study tours to Egypt. Dr Birrell has a PhD in Egyptology from Macquarie University. For more information contact ph. 02 8250 3112.
http://www.bcarchaeology.com
Egyptology News - Egyptology news covering Egyptian prehistory and history.
http://www.egyptology.blogspot.com/
- Military men with a leopard on a lead, south colonnade, Hatshepsut's temple, Deir el Bahari, 18th Dynasty.
- Photo by Heather Turnmore
- Image copyright of Heather Turnmore