Petrie, his museum @UCL London, his controversial relationship with Margaret Murray and Egyptology. The artefacts unearthed or stolen from the land, brought to Britain, minutely catalogued and displayed as trophies? What is the meaning of a ‘museum’ in this context? Is this a monument of some sort to Petrie himself that ignores the work of others especially Margaret Murray’s? Or a life dedicated to unearthing our past to enlighten us of our future? That’s the PaR investigation and the answer is connected to performance: The Death of a High Priestess.
