The Egyptian and Nubian Collection of La Plata Museum, Argentina

Abstract

The Museum of La Plata (Museo de La Plata), an institution affiliated with the University of La Plata Argentina, houses an Egyptian collection formed between the late nineteenth century and the 1960s. This article presents the motivations for its origin and development, and mentions the typology of the objects and the characteristics of the pieces that make up the collection of Egyptian antiquities, including Nubian artefacts. The sources that account for these processes and the bibliography corresponding to the object studies make a better understanding of this collection possible.