Human world
One of the collection of tomb models excavated by Professor Garstang at Beni Hasan between 1904-6. Dynasty 12 (about 1985-1870 BC)
On the third floor of the museum you can disover human civilisations from across the ancient world and explore our new Ancient Egypt gallery.Here you will find objects from Imperial Rome including sculptures of gods, emperors and noble people. You can also see painted Greek pottery and fantastic finds from the graves of Anglo-Saxon communities living in south east England.
The new Ancient Egypt gallery has over 1,300 objects on display and exciting audio-visual features and interactives. Some of the objects in the gallery have not been on show for over 60 years. Find out more about the Ancient Egypt gallery.
The Ancient World galleries only display a selection of the thousands of collection items from our antiquities department. The full collection is made up of 80,000 objects that range in size and shape from tiny Egyptian scarabs to large sculptures of Roman gods. Find out more about the antiquities collection
Many objects from the antiquities department are on display in showcases in the centre. Some are also used as part of a handling collection. Find out more about centre