Writing For Eternity: Decoding Ancient Egypt

Writing revolutionised the ancient world – for the first time people began to record their thoughts and store information for future generations to read and interpret thousands of years later. The Ancient Egyptians were at the forefront of this process and this exhibition tells the fascinating story of this great civilisation’s written history.

Writing for Eternity: decoding Ancient Egypt explores the role of the scribe in Egyptian culture, the history of writing for the afterlife and how, just like us, the Ancient Egyptians wrote letters, read poetry, negotiated business deals and documented their daily lives. As well as telling the stories of pharaohs, the elite and their scribes, the exhibition explores the lives of everyday people; builders, traders, farmers, nomads.