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APRIL 2012

1st Essex Egyptology Group.

Rosalind Janssen: Man in a Cretan Cloak – J.D.S. Pendlebury at Amarna.

2nd Northampton Ancient Egyptian Historical Society.

Garry J. Shaw: Daily Life of the Pharaohs.

2nd Thebes – Blackburn Egyptology Society.

Sarah Griffiths: Old Kingdom Tomb Art.

4th Friends of the Egypt Centre – Swansea.

Rosalie David: Egyptian Mummies & Modern Science – The investigation of Takabuti, a Lady of Thebes.

4th Staffordshire Egyptology Society.

Martin Davies: The History of Philae and its Monuments.

4th Wirral Ancient Egypt Society.

Steve Cross: Excavating in the Valley of the Kings.

7th Wessex Ancient Egypt Society.

Richard & Helena Jaeschke: Conservation Work.

11th Ankh - South-East Kent Egyptology Society.

Speaker: Roger Sharp. Lecture TBA.

13-15th Knuston Hall, Northants.

Residential Course: Akhenaten, Nefertiti & the Amarna Period. Tutor: Victor Blunden. Contact Knuston Hall for details: www.knustonhall.org.uk e-mail: enquiries@knustonhall.org.uk Tel: 01933 312104.

14th Ancient Egypt & Middle East Society.

Two lectures. Heather Edwards: The Importance of Feathers in Ancient Egypt & Campbell Price: The Saqqara Geophysical Project.

14th Egyptology Scotland – Edinburgh Venue.

Heba abd-el-Gawad: Greeks or Egyptians – Please Make Up Your Minds! Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt.

14th Petrie Museum Event.

10.00am-1.00pm. Egypt Undead: a walk through Kensal Green Cemetery with Cathie Bryan. £7/£5 Contact: 020 7879 4138 or events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk

14th Plymouth & District Egyptology Society.

Lucia Gahlin: Flinders Petrie – Father of Egyptian Archaeology (an inimitable eccentric)

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14th Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society.

Francois Leclere: Greeks in Egypt (2).

16th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society.

Geoffrey Martin: Re-excavating the Royal Tomb of Horemheb in the Valley of the Kings.

17th Bolton Archaeology & Egyptology Society.

AGM & Angela Thomas: What is Scottish Archaeology?

20th Friends of the Petrie Museum.

Dylan Bickerstaffe: Poison, Forgery and Voodoo – The Harem Conspiracy Against Ramesses III.

20th Poynton Egypt Group.

Pauline Norris: The Welshpool Mummy.

21st Leicestershire Ancient Egypt Society.

Glenn Godenho: Egypt’s So-called First Intermediate Period, and the Tomb of Ankhtifi.

21st Southampton Ancient Egypt Society.

Campbell Price: Exploring Uncharted Sands –The Saqqara Geophysical Survey Project.

26th Carlisle & District Egyptology Society.

Carolyn Routledge: New Light on Akhenaten.

28th Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt – Nottingham Venue.

Glenn Godenho: Egypt’s So-called First Intermediate Period, and the Tomb of Ankhtifi.

28th Sussex Egyptology Society – Worthing Venue.

Alan Reiblein: Colour in Ancient Egypt.

MAY 2012

2nd Friends of the Egypt Centre – Swansea.

Paul Nicholson: Going to the Dogs – New Work on the Anubieion Catacomb at North Saqqara.

2nd Staffordshire Egyptology Society.

Charlotte Booth: The Dangers of Living in Ancient Egypt.

3rd Petrie Museum Event.

6.00-8.00pm. Museum of the Future – Geek Night at the Petrie. Use computers to do a virtual exploration of Egypt, play games from the past and listen to Nile animals.

5th Sussex Egyptology Society.

John Romer lecture and book signing. See Major Events.

5th Wessex Ancient Egypt Society.

Lucia Gahlin: Purity and Order in an Egyptian Household.

8th Egypt Society of Bristol.

Martina Minas-Nerpel: The Temple of Isis at Shanhur, near Luxor.

8-26th Petrie Museum Event.

Members of Basketry Plus will demonstrate weaving techniques making amulets based on those in the Petrie Collection. Visit: www.basketryplus.org

8th Thebes – Blackburn Egyptology Society.

Claire Ollett: Everywhere the Glint of Gold.

10th Petrie Museum Event.

6.30-7.30pm. Members of Basketry Plus discuss the objects that inspired them and give demonstrations of weaving techniques.

11th Friends of the Petrie Museum.

Joanne Fletcher: Your Friends in the North – Ancient Egypt in Yorkshire.

12th Egyptology Scotland – Glasgow Venue.

Chris Naunton: Arguing, Dressing-up and Plenty of Sports – 1930s Excavations at Amarna on Film.

12th Plymouth & District Egyptology Society.

Aidan Dodson: Rameses II’s Poisoned Legacy – The Fall of the Nineteenth Dynasty.

12th RAMASES.

Martin Davies: Ancient Egyptian Tomb Models of Daily Life.

12th Sutton Ancient Egypt Society – London.

Members’ contributions.

12th Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society.

Colin Reader: Egypt’s Western Desert.

13th Essex Egyptology Group.

Jo Kyffin: Crocodile Mundi – New Kingdom Magical Spells.

14th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society.

AGM, followed by Penny Wilson: Egypt’s Developing Delta Tombs, Treasures & Railways.

14th Wirral Ancient Egypt Society.

10th Anniversary Lunch (members only), followed by Carol Andrews: Humour in

Ancient Egypt.

5th Bolton Archaeology and Egyptology Society.

Steven Snape: Tombs and Tomb Owners.

17th Petrie Museum Event.

6.00-7.30pm. Coptic Egypt in the Petrie Trail Launch. Introductory talk by Carol Downer at 6.30pm, re the early Christian objects in the collection. Museum Trail sponsored by the British Egyptian Society.

18th Poynton Egypt Group.

Kim Ridealgh: Talking Like an Egyptian – Politeness in the LateRamesside Letters.

19th Ancient Egypt & Middle East Society.

Two lectures by Victor Blunden: The House of the Ka – Mastaba Tomb Decoration and Tuthmosis III – Egypt’s Warrior King.

19th Leicestershire Ancient Egypt Society.

Aidan Dodson: Ay and Horemheb – From Soldier to King.

19th North-East Ancient Egypt Society.

Stephen Buckley and Joann Fletcher: Aspects of the Afterlife and Mummification.

19th Petrie Museum Event.

6.30-9.00pm. Carry on Cleo at the Petrie Museum. Talk by John Johnson prior to a screening of the film itself.

19th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society.

Anthony Leahy: Abydos and the Cult of Osiris.

21st Petrie Museum Event.

5.30-7.00pm. The Mummy’s Curse – The True Story of an Edwardian Rumour. Roger Luckhurst explores the cultural history of ‘the curse’ on the mummy case donated to the British Museum in 1889.

24th Carlisle and District Egyptology Society.

Robert Connolly: The Mummy of Tutankhamun.

26th National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

EES Study Day (see Major Events).

26th Sussex Egyptology Society – Horsham Venue.

Jo Marchant: Curse of the Pharaohs’ DNA.

31st Horus Egyptology Society.

Catrol Andrews: Ancient Egyptian Jewellery and Jewellery Making Techniques.

JUNE 2012

2nd Wessex Ancient Egypt Society.

George Hart: Egypt Beyond its Frontiers, from Amenhotep the Magnificent to Rameses the Great.

6-7th Petrie Museum Event.

2.00-4.00pm. Royalty and Power in Ancient Egypt – Half-Term Family Activities.

There were Diamond Jubilees in ancient Egypt too; find out about long serving pharaohs and emblems of royal power. Make your own Egyptian crown.

6th Staffordshire Egyptology Society.

Colin Reader: The Eastern Desert.

8-10th Higham Hall, Cumbria.

RESIDENTIAL COURSE: Peasant, Scribe and Priest — Daily Life in Ancient Egypt.

Tutor: Victor Blunden. Contact Hall for details: www.highamhall.com E-mail: admin@highamhall.com Tel: 017687 76276.

9th Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt – Derby Venue.

Aidan Dodson: Rameses II’s Poisoned Legacy – The Fall of the Nineteenth Dynasty.

9th Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society.

Alan Lloyd: Egyptian Attitudes to the Persians.

10th Essex Egyptology Group.

David Wise: Further Travels with a Pinhole Camera.

11th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society.

THE BOB PARTRIDGE MEMORIAL LECTURE. David Rohl: When the North Wind Blows – The Age of Hittite Contact with Egypt.

11th Wirral Ancient Egypt Society.

Anna Garnett: Gods, Soldiers and Pioneers – The Re-discovery of Kendal Museum’s Egyptology Collection.

15th Poynton Egypt Group.

Renée Friedman: Egypt’s First Zoo – New Discoveries at Hierakonpolis.

13th Friends of the Egypt Centre – Swansea.

Garry Shaw: The Daily Life of the Pharaoh.

16th Petrie Museum Event.

11.00am-12.30pm. Cinematic Necropolis Egypt in NE London Walk. A guided walk looking at Egyptian-inspired architecture. Book in advance – £5 Deposit. Contact: 020 7679 4138 or events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk

16th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society.

Aidan Dodson: The Royal Tombs of Tanis.

19th Egypt Society of Bristol.

Angus Graham: Theban Land and Waterscapes – Sacred and Secular Journeys Within the Nile Valley.

19th Petrie Museum Event.

6.00-7.30pm. Ancient Egypt or Greek? Fit Bodies Debate. Whose is better? The ancient Greek or ancient Egyptian sculptured body? Join Chris Naunton and

Debbie Challis in a debate. Joint event with the Egypt Exploration Fund.

23rd Manchester Ancient Egypt Society.

OXFORD EXPEDITION STUDY DAY. See Major Events.

23rd RAMASES.

Lucia Gahlin: Creation Mythology of Ancient Egypt.

27th Ankh – South-East Kent Egyptology Society.

Matrin Crowther: Canterbury’s Museums.

28th Carlisle and District Egyptology Society.

Tony Leahy: Psammetichus I and the Re-unification of Egypt.

29th Friends of the Petrie Museum.

AGM and Summer Party (ticketed event).

30th Sussex Egyptology Society – Brighton Venue.

Clare Malleson: Five Loads of Grass, Four of Dung and Two of Straw. Archaeological Work at Giza.

11th February - 17th June 2012,

LEEDS CITY MUSEUM

PHARAOH: KING OF EGYPT

A national touring exhibition of over 130 objects from the collections of the British Museum. Admission free.

http://www.leeds.gov.uk/citymuseum/City_Museum

Showing until 21st April 2012,

at BLACKBURN MUSEUM

then until 13th July 2012

at TOWNELEY HALL, BURNLEY

FROM EGYPT’S SANDS TO NORTHERN HILLS

John Garstang’s excavations in Egypt

Showing until 27th May 2012,

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND,

EDINBURGH FASCINATING MUMMIES

Items from the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden. http://goo.gl/8YtGH

Showing until 6th Sept. 2012,

MANCHESTER MUSEUM

UNEARTHED: ANCIENT EGYPT

Items from the Manchester collection on display whilst the galleries are rearranged.

28th April 2012,

NORWICH CASTLE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

EES STUDY DAY

THE FUNERARY PRACTICES AND BELIEFS OF ANCIENT EGYPT

Speakers include John Taylor, Carol Andrews and Ashley Cooke.Contact the EES for tickets and further information.

5th May 2012,

SUSSEX EGYPTOLOGY SOCIETY

LECTURE AND BOOK LAUNCH

by John Romer

2.00 - 4.30pm. At Brighton and Hove Sixth Form College, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, E. Sussex BN3 6EG.

Egyptologist John Romer presents a talk and book signing.

Book Title: A History of Ancient Egypt – From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid.

Copies of the book will be available on the day. Free entry to SES members, £5 to non members. For more information, visit

www.egyptology-uk.com Tel: 01403 710794

12th May 2012, U.C.L.

BLOOMSBURY SUMMER SCHOOL SPRING STUDY DAY

ANCIENT EGYPT: MYTH AND HISTORY with John Romer

10.00am - 5.30pm. Cruciform Lecture Theatre, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT

Tickets: £40. Contact Lucia Gahlin: 0207 679 3622 or bloomsbury @ egyptology-uk.com

www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury

26th May 2012,

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH

EES STUDY DAY

TEMPLES TOMBS AND FASCINATING MUMMIES

Speakers Aidan Dodson and Chris Naunton. For tickets and further information contact the Museum:

Tel: 0300 123 6789 http://goo.gl/ZZTh2

23rd June 2012,

MANCHESTER ANCIENT EGYPT SOCIETY

STUDY DAY

THE WORK OF THE OXFORD EXPEDITION IN EGYPT

A fundraising event with Yvonne Harpur and Paolo Scremin

Contact the Society for details.

14th July 2012,

THAMES VALLEY ANCIENT EGYPT SOCIETY

STUDY DAY

HAREM PALACES UNVEILED

10.00am - 4.30pm. Speakers: Ian Shaw and Jan Picton.

Contact the Society for details.

14th July 2012,

NORTHAMPTON ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

DAY SCHOOL

THE EXCAVATION OF TOMBS AND GRAVES IN ANCIENT EGYPT

9.45am - 4.30pm.

Speaker: Joyce Filer.

Tickets: £33.00, inclusive of buffet lunch and refreshments.

Contact: Alex Stevenson, tel: 01604 761519.

30th July - 10th August 2012,

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL ANCIENT WORLDS SUMMER SCHOOL.

http://sace.liv.ac.uk/ancientworlds/2012-summer-school/

29th and 30th August 2012,

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON

PALAEOPATHOLOGY IN EGYPT AND NUBIA: A CENTURY IN REVIEW

Event organised by the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology, The University of Manchester.

For further information visit:

http://www.knhcentre.manchester.ac.uk/research/nubiaproject/palaeopathologyworkshop/

1st-4th October 2012,

LUXOR, EGYPT LATE PERIOD CONFERENCE

THEBES IN THE FIRST MILLENIUM BC

Organised by The South Asasif Conservation Project.

The conference will include two days of scholarly presentations of work across the period and include results of the work of the project. The remaining two days will be field trip focused with West Bank excursions including the South Asasif necropolis.

The conference fee is £65 (£55 for patrons and friends of the trust) and includes refreshments and conference materials. Delegates will be responsible for their own travel and accommodation. Contact Society for booking form and further details. http://southasasif.com/Trust.html

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