The below studies were conducted on the most available and accessible data.
Mapping Egyptian Artefacts Around the World | Case Study 1
Map shows sum of No. of Artefacts. The marks are labelled by Museum Name and sum of No. of Artefacts. Details are shown for City and Country.
Results: More than 868,900 Ancient Egyptian artefacts are located worldwide. The majority of them are in the United Kingdom and the United States, followed by Europe. A fewer number of the artefacts were found in Canada, Australia and Russia.
Bubble. on the left top: Museum Name. Color shows sum of No. of Artefacts. Size shows sum of No. of Artefacts. The marks are labeled by Museum Name. Details are shown for Country. The view is filtered on sum of No. of Artefacts, which keeps non-Null values only
Heat Map. on the left bottom: Country. Museum Name and sum of No. of Artefacts. Color shows sum of No. of Artefacts. Size shows sum of No. of Artefacts. The marks are labeled by Country, Museum Name and sum of No. of Artefacts. The view is filtered on sum of No. of Artefacts, which keeps non-Null values only.
Circle View. on the right: Sum of No. of Artefacts for each Country. Details are shown for City.
Moving Forward!
Since the majority of Egyptian artefacts are found in the United Kingdom and the United States. The study continues to examine the British Museum which houses the majority of the United Kingdom’s artefacts, with more than 100,000 artefacts.
The British Museum | Egypt Collection Case Study 2
The dataset contained approximately 15,200 artefacts, representing about 15% of the artefacts found there. I focused on two major studies:..
- Materials and Techniques Development
- Information about Acquisition
Materials and Techniques Development Study
While studying the dataset, I created a visual depicting the use of various materials and techniques during multiple periods/dynasties. The outcomes were very insightful for me as an industrial designer. Although the number of techniques used during the East Greek, Archaic Greek dynasties was the highest, the frequency per each technique was noted higher during the 26th dynasty. Other fascinating findings can be found in the material/technique visual observation.
Artefacts Type
Artefact Type & Count of Items per Type
Material and Culture
Dashboard shows (1) The top 5 cultures which utilised the highest number of Materials and (2) Materials and Techniques used within each period/Culture
(1) The top left graph: Materials (colour) broken down by Culture. The data is filtered on Action (Culture), which keeps 345 items. The view is filtered on Culture and Materials. The Culture filter keeps the 26th Dynasty, Archaic Greek, Attic; Archaic Greek, East Greek; Archaic Greek and Late Period. The Materials filter excludes Null.
(2) The bottom left graph: Technique (size) broken down by Culture, The data is filtered on Materials and Culture, The Materials filter excludes Null. The Action (Culture) filter keeps 345 items. The view is filtered on Culture, which keeps the 26th Dynasty. Archaic Greek. Attic: Archaic Greek. East Greek: Archaic Greek and Late Period.
(3) The right graph: Count of Materials and count of Technique for each Culture. Colour shows details about count of Materials and count of Technique. The data is filtered on Action (Culture), which keeps 345 items. The view is filtered on Culture, which keeps the 26th Dynasty, Archaic Greek, Attic; Archaic Greek, East Greek; Archaic Greek and Late Period.
Acquisition Study
Most of the acquisitions in the United Kingdom occurred through donations by the Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF) which was later renamed the Egypt Exploration Society (EES).
Purchasing artefacts reached its peak in 1886 and continued to happen till 2016.
The highest number of the artefact acquisition was undefined (found Null).
Dashboard: Data of the acquisition of the Egyptian artefacts in the British Museum
Horizontal Bar on the left: Number of artefacts per each acquisition.
Packed Bubbles on the top right: Type of Acquisition of the Egyptian collection artefacts.
Histogram on the bottom right: Periods where acquisitions of the Egyptian artefacts occurred.
Full Analysis
Brief of the Egyptian Artefacts Studies in the British Museum
1. The Type of Artefacts
2. Count of Artefacts per each Culture/Dynasty
3. The top 5 cultures that utilised the highest number of Materials
4. Materials and Techniques used within the top 5 cultures
5. Material and Techniques count in different periods/cultures
6. Periods where acquisitions of the Egyptian artefacts occurred
7. Type of Acquisition of the Egyptian collection artefacts
8. Number of artefacts per each acquisition
