What is Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology?
{{coord|51|31|25|N|0|7|59|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}} [[Image:Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and the Science Library, Malet Place]] The '''Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology''' in [[London]] is part of [[University College London]] Museums & Collections. With over 80,000 objects, it is one of the world's best collections of objects from [[Egypt]] and the [[Sudan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformation/Attraction/Petrie_Museum_of_Egyptian_Archaeology/2626/|title=Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology|publisher=Londontown.com|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> ==History== The museum started in 1892 to help with the teaching of [[Egypt]]ian [[Archaeology]] and [[Philology]]. The collection began with objects given to the museum by the writer [[Amelia Edwards]].<ref>Moon, Brenda E.: More usefully employed : Amelia B. Edwards, writer, traveller and campaigner for ancient Egypt. London : Egypt Exploration Society, 2006.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hidden-london.com/the-guide/petrie-museum/|title=Petrie Museum - Hidden London|publisher=Hidden-london.com|accessdate=24 November 2014}}</ref> [[William Flinders Petrie]]<ref>Margaret S. Drower, Flinders Petrie: A Life in Archaeology, (2nd publication) University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. {{ISBN|0-299-14624-3}}</ref> led many important archaeological digs.<ref>William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Seventy Years in Archaeology, H. Holt and Company 1932</ref> In 1913 he sold his collection to University College. He had found objects at major sites, such as the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] Period [[Cemetery|cemeteries]] at Hawara. These were famous for the beautiful [[mummy]] [[portrait]]s in classical Roman style.<ref>Janet Picton, Stephen Quirke, and Paul C. Roberts (eds), “Living Images: Egyptian Funerary Portraits in the Petrie Museum.” 2007. Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek.</ref> He found objects at Amarna, the city of king [[Akhenaten]], the first king to believe in one G