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Pharaohs & sphinxes from Lancaster to Penzance: ‘Egypt in England’, the new exhibition at Wellington Arch

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This exhibition does what it says on the tin, really. It’s about Egypt – in England. So, what does that involve? Well, it includes: an Ancient Egyptian god with a power drill; sheep grazing on the roof of a linen mill; a Victorian Earl called Black Jack, allegedly a member of the Hellfire Club, who is buried with his mistress (who he eloped with) in an Egyptian style tomb; the man called ‘The Shakespeare of the Sawdust’ with a graveRead more

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