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Welcome to my new blog!

I have officially set up my freelance Egyptology work as an official business, and thought it would be more interesting and fun to set up a blog to show my work, rather than a website.

I am Molly. I studied Egyptology and Classical Civilisation at Swansea University (BA Hons) from 2017 to 2020, and completed a Master's course at the University of Manchester in Art Gallery and Museum Studies (2020-2021). I have loved learning about ancient world from the age of 11, since I read the Rick Riordan books.

In my 3rd year at Swansea University (2019)
I work part-time in a museum in Merseyside and rediscovered my love for teaching Egyptology in a museum setting, both to children and adults. It started with gallery tours, then I became more confident and created a selection of activities, for both children and adults (we need some fun time too!) People are too serious about play, so I have made my activities fun, creative and playful.

I also have experience doing collections work with Egyptological objects. I have done a number of placements at the Egypt Centre (Swansea) and Manchester Museum. I have also done talks on my specialism in Egyptology and visited to my old school and spoke about my further education and career.
Mummification at the Atkinson
Please feel free to scroll through this site at my services and blog posts, and feel free to get in touch. To access the blog post updates, either look at the Home page or on the side bar (options bar) at the top left of the page.

Please read more about my work at the link below:
If you would like to know more about Rick Riordan's Books check out his site here

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