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A fake scarab with cartouche on the base acquired by GH Bourne in 1915 as an imitation item to send home to Australia. The current whereabouts of the artefact is unknown. Bourne acquired a series of genuine and imitation artefacts in Egypt which are…

A fake figurine, said to be a "sacred monkey" acquired by GH Bourne in 1915 as an imitation item to send home to Australia. The current whereabouts of the artefact is unknown. Bourne acquired a series of genuine and imitation artefacts in Egypt which…

A fake shabti or "answerer" figurine acquired by GH Bourne in 1915 as an imitation item to send home to Australia. The current whereabouts of the artefact is unknown. Bourne acquired a series of genuine and imitation artefacts in Egypt which are…

A fake shabti or "answerer" figurine acquired by GH Bourne in 1915 as an imitation item to send home to Australia. The current whereabouts of the artefact is unknown. Bourne acquired a series of genuine and imitation artefacts in Egypt which are…

A fragment of tomb painting from a tomb in the "Valley of the Queens" at Luxor, taken by GH Bourne in early 1915 and said to be "5000 years old". In a letter to his mother in March 1915 Bourne says: "it had broken off so it was not vandalism... The…

An Egyptian shabti figurine, described as an "answerer" in "blue enamel", broken, it was purchased from the sale room of the Cairo Museum in 1915 by George Herbert Bourne. This artefact was sent home to Australia in March 1915 but its current…

An Egyptian bronze arrow-head, reportedly "of the earliest times", purchased from the sale room of the Cairo Museum in 1915 by George Herbert Bourne. This artefact was sent home to Australia in March 1915 but its current whereabouts is unknown. In…

A Roman coin, purchased from the sale room of the Cairo Museum in 1915 by George Herbert Bourne. This artefact was sent home to Australia in March 1915 but its current whereabouts is unknown. In his "What to Know in Egypt: A Guide for Australasian…

A Roman coin, purchased from the sale room of the Cairo Museum in 1915 by George Herbert Bourne. This artefact was sent home to Australia in March 1915 but its current whereabouts is unknown. In his "What to Know in Egypt: A Guide for Australasian…

A Roman lamp, purchased from the sale room of the Cairo Museum in 1915 by George Herbert Bourne. This artefact was sent home to Australia in March 1915 but its current whereabouts is unknown. In his "What to Know in Egypt: A Guide for Australasian…
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