Martin Gayford

Why was Sigmund Freud so obsessed with Egypt?

The rituals, the mummy wrappings, the hieroglyphs and the partly animal deities was like a thesaurus of the unconscious mind, as this new show at the Freud Museum demonstrates

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  • Between Oedipus and the Sphinx: Freud and Egypt

    Freud Museum, until 13 October

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