The National Museum of Denmark holds 112 textile fragments from Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Arab Egypt, comprising the richest ensemble in Denmark. The aim of the online exhibition¬¬ Archaeological Puzzles in a Museum is to give an insight into the history of the collection and the textiles therein.
The exhibition consists of three parts. The Introduction, in English and Danish, includes general information on what a collection of Egyptian textiles is, how it is created, and the methods of reconstructing its history and that of the objects that form it. The Catalogue presents 30 selected fabrics, arranged according to the four stages of the collection's history. This section also contains detailed information on how and from whom the various objects were acquired. The indicative Bibliography is presented separately. For the visitor who wishes to go deeper into various topics, we have prepared eight Case Studies. The documents are presented in the form of twelve downloadable PDFs.