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Join Curator Dr Margaret Maitland (National Museums Scotland) and Dr Solange Ashby (University of California) as they discuss how reassessing 19th and 20th century colonial attitudes can bring new perspectives to fascinating aspects of ancient Egyptian culture and its place in African history.
Ivory statuette of a royal woman wearing a gown secured by a knot under the right breast, a curled lappet wig and a vulture headdress with uraeus: Ancient Egyptian, 25th Dynasty, c.747-656 BC © National Museums Scotland