RESIDENTIAL COURSE: After Tutankhamun. Tutor: Victor Blunden. Contact Hall for details www.highamhall.com e-mail: admin (at) highamhall.com tel: 017687 76276

20th The Egyptian Society, Taunton.

Derek Welsby: The Archaeology of the Sudan, Palaeolithic to the Present.

20th Petrie Museum Event.

11am-1pm. The Egyptian Temple in London. Cathie Bryan leads a walking tour that looks at the Egyptian temples hidden in factories and office buildings around London. Free, but booking essential. Contact Debbie Challis – email: d.challis (at) ucl.ac.uk tel: 020 7679 4138

20th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society.

Carol Andrews: The Egyptian Sense of Humour.

25th Carlisle & District Egyptology Society.

Angelique Corthals: DNA Methods Applied to the Study of Egyptology.

26th Friends of the Petrie Museum.

AGM & Museum Reports, followed by Summer Party.

27th Egyptian Cultural Bureau.

DAY SCHOOL. Jan Picton & Lucia Gahlin: More Work on Petrie Sites – Excavating the Archives.

27th Northampton Ancient Egyptian Historical Society.

DAY SCHOOL. John Wyatt & Jackie Garner: The Wildlife & Wildlife Art of Ancient Egypt.

27th RAMASES.

Charlotte Booth: A Woman Called Taimhotep – Intrigue of a Ptolemaic Family.

27th Sussex Egyptology Society – Brighton Venue.

Tony Leahy: Egypt’s Greatest Pharaoh.

30th Egypt Society of Bristol.

Aidan Dodson: Beyond the Pyramids – the Later Years of the Memphite Necropolis.

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JULY 2009

1st Staffordshire Egyptology Society.

Alan Lloyd: Digging in Egypt – An Expedition to Saqqara.

4th Egyptology Scotland – Glasgow Branch.

2.00pm. Geoffrey Martin (Two Lectures): Re-Excavating the Royal Tomb of Horemheb in the Valley of the Kings and Horemheb, Tutankhamun’s Right-hand Man.

5th Essex Egyptology Group.

Paul Doherty: The Dark Side of Ancient Egypt in Fact & Fiction.

6th Tameside Egypt Group.

Ken Downes: An Enigmatic Tutankhamun.

6th , 7th , 9th & 10th University of Manchester.

4-Day HIEROGLYPHS COURSE, 10.00am - 4.00pm. Tutor: Pam Scott. Book early to avoid disappointment. Tel: 0161 275 3275, Web: www.manchester.ac.uk/coursespublic

11th Thames Valley Egypt Society.

SPECIAL FUND-RAISING DAY ON AMARNA. Speaker: Barry Kemp. Contact Society for Details.

13th Wirral Ancient Egypt Society.

Gina Muskett: Riddles of the Sphinx.

17th Poynton Egypt Group.

Vicky Gashe: The Princess of the Sun – a Nineteenth Century Mummy Mystery.

18th Ancient Egypt & Middle East Society.

Two Lectures & Strawberry Lunch. Heather Edwards: The Life, Love & Companions of a Happy God; & Victor Blunden: Building a Pyramid – The Archaeological Evidence.

18th Petrie Museum Event.

11am-1pm. Sphinxes in the Park – Egypt at Crystal Palace.

Free, but a donation is requested for the Crystal Palace Museum. Booking essential. Contact: Debbie Challis – email: d.challis @ ucl.ac.uk tel: 020 7679 4138.

18th RAMASES.

Barry Kemp: Aspects of work at Amarna.

25th Sussex Egyptology Society – Worthing Venue.

Toby Wilkinson: Ancient Egypt Alphabetically and Biographically.

30th Horus Egyptology Society.

Joann Fletcher: Cleopatra.

AUGUST 2009

1st Plymouth & District Egyptology Society.

10th Anniversary Party. Contact Society for Details.

2nd Essex Egyptology Group.

Ancient Egyptian Clothing – A Members’ Workshop.

5th Failsworth Historical Society, Manchester.

Victor Blunden: Akhenaten & the Amarna Heresy. Contact – John Crompton: Tel: 0161-684 3595.

5th Staffordshire Egyptology Society.

Stephen Gregory: Amun-Re Needs a New Boat – But You Just Can’t Get the Wood.

8th North East Ancient Egypt Society.

10.30am for 11.00am lecture. Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough. Penny Wilson: Temples, Myth and Magic in Ancient Egypt.

10th Wirral Ancient Egypt Society.

Bob Partridge: News from Egypt.

22nd Sussex Egyptology Society – Horsham Venue.

Alan Lloyd: The Decoration of Royal Tombs at Thebes.

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EXHIBITIONS

2nd June - 29th August 2009,

THE PETRIE MUSEUM, LONDON:

CRAFT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM FAYOUM UNIVERSITY, EGYPT

Researcher Ibrahim Abd el Baset Ibrahim presents images from a 2007 University project to record villagers in their life and work around Fayoum province, south of Cairo. Twenty photographs from five villages are selected to surround the archaeological displays of finds from work by Flinders Petrie in the same part of Egypt a century ago. Admission free.

Major Events AND COURSES

6th - 31st July 2009,

BLOOMSBURY SUMMER SCHOOL: ANCIENT EGYPT AND BEYOND: FROM NUBIA TO THE LEVANT

For details visit www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury or contact: The Director, Bloomsbury Summer School,

Dept. of History, UCL, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT. Tel: 020 7679 3622 Email: bloomsbury (at) egyptology-uk.com

20th and 21st June 2009,

EGYPT EXPLORATION SOCIETY CONFERENCE: NEW EXPLORATIONS

Presentations on the EES’s latest excavation and survey work. Conference to be held at the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS, London WC1H 0XG. Speakers: John Cooper, Angus Graham, David Jeffreys, Prof. Olaf Kaper, Prof. Alan Lloyd, Chris Naunton, Gillian Pyke, Prof. Dominic Rathbone, Daniela Rosenow, Joanne Rowland, Kate Spence and Patricia Spencer. For further details contact the EES.

Monday 20th July 2009,

BRITISH MUSEUM: RAYMOND AND BEVERLY SACKLER DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN EGYPTOLOGY 2009

Prof. Dr. Tamás Bács, Head of Department of Egyptology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, will deliver a lecture in

the BP Lecture Theatre, Clore Centre, at the British Museum at 6pm. This will be followed on ...

Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd July 2009 by

THE BRITISH MUSEUM ANNUAL EGYPTOLOGY COLLOQUIUM - THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD: RECENT RESEARCH AND NEW PERSPECTIVES

17 speakers, including Richard Parkinson, Stephen Quirke, Maarten Raven & Francesco Tiradritti. For details and ticket prices (including various concessions) and application forms for tickets, see the AES area of the B.M.’s website: http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/departments/ancient_egypt_and_sudan.aspx

The B.M.’s main Box Office does not supply these tickets. Applicants for information, or tickets, by post, should please enclose a self-addressed S.A.E, addressed to Alison Cameron, Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. Tel: 0207 323 8306 (+44 207 323 8306 outside UK).

Weekend of 12th September, 2009,

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON: ANCIENT WORLD CONFERENCE

Joint Conference with the Petrie Museum, Organised by Ancient World Tours

Details to be published later: www.ancient.co.uk

15th August 2009,

AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR EGYPTOLOGY, MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA: ANNUAL CONFERENCE NEW KINGDOM ART IN THEBES

Guest speakers: Dr. Betsy Brian and Dr. Melinda Hartwig. email: egypt @ hmn.mq.edu.au www.egyptology.mq.edu.au

12th and 13th September, 2009,

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON: ANCIENT WORLD CONFERENCE

Joint Conference with the Petrie Museum, Organised by Ancient World Tours

Speakers: Michael Wood, Sabry Abd el-Aziz, Stephen Quirke, Prof. Rosalie David, Caroline Wilkinson, Colin Reader, Lucia Gahlin, Chris Naunton, Dirk Huyge and Paul Collins. For details see: www.ancient.co.uk

5th - 8th January, 2010,

LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, HOLLAND: CURRENT RESEARCH IN EGYPTOLOGY XI

For details see: www.current-research-egyptology.org.uk

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