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***SPECIAL NOTICE***

Covid-19 continues to affect events planned by Egyptology societies across the UK. Where face-to-face lectures are planned, please check in advance to make sure these are still going ahead. Some societies have switched to Online lectures which are also listed here. Contact the societies directly for more details. Full contact details can be found on the societies' page.

SEPTEMBER 2022

3rd Plymouth and District Egyptology Society

Aidan Dodson: The First Pharaohs.

4th Essex Egyptology Group

Lee Young: More than a Place to Rest your Head – The Grand Hotels of Egypt.

6th Egypt Exploration Society

Ilona Regulski: Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs – the Meaning of the Rosetta Stone.

10th The Ancient World Society Boston

Dylan Bickerstaffe: Title tbc.

10th Egyptian Society Taunton

Ken Griffin: Thebes – The City of 100 Gates.

11th Kemet Klub Bristol

Nicky Nielsen: Come Dine with Me à la Ancient Egypt. Part 1.

12th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society

Roger Forshaw: Servants of the God among ‘the Most Religious of Peoples’ – Their Lives and their Scandals.

13th Egypt Society of Bristol

J. J. Shirley: Title tbc.

17th AEMES Ancient Egypt & Middle East Society

Irving Finkel: The First Ghosts and The British Museum – First Among Equals. Double lecture.

17th Chesterfield Egyptology Society

Aidan K. Morrisey: Lesser-Known Royal Tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

 17th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society

Hilary Wilson: Who Was Who in the Court of Tutankhamun?

18th Kemet Klub Bristol

Nicky Nielsen: Come Dine with Me à la Ancient Egypt. Part 2.

22nd Carlisle and District Egyptology Society

Aidan Dodson: The Posthumous Destiny of Amenhotep-son-of-Hapu.

23rd Poynton Ancient Egypt Society

Ken Griffin: Thebes – The City of 100 Gates.

24th Sussex Egyptology Society

Kristin Thompson : Amarna Statuary Mysteries.

26th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society

Aidan Dodson: The Monuments of Hatshepsut and Senenmut.

OCTOBER 2022

2nd Essex Egyptology Group

Massimiliano Nuzzolo: The Palermo Stone.

8th North East Ancient Egypt Society

Salima Ikram: Egyptian Interest in their Animals

8th Northampton Ancient Egyptian Historical Society

Nick de Costa: Live Forever! The Mystery and Magic of Egyptian Hieroglyphs.

8th Plymouth and District Egyptology Society

John Wyatt: Title tbc.

8th RAMASES North Kent Egyptology Society

Claudia Naeser: Title tbc.

8th The Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt, Main

Paul Nicholson: Brilliant Things for Akhenaten – Glass and Faience at Amarna. Chesterfield Venue.

8th Egyptian Society, Taunton

Robert Morkot: The Sun-Disc is Found – Gem-Aten, the Site of Kawa in Sudan.

10th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society

Campbell Price: The Changing Faces of Graeco-Roman Gods.

11th Egypt Society of Bristol Jay Silverstein: A Tale of Two Tells – Rebellion and the Rosetta Stone.

15th Hapy Egyptology Society

Chris Naunton: Title tbc.

15th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society

Mark Lehner: Landscape and Waterscape at Giza When the Pyramids Were Built.

16th Kemet Klub Bristol

Campbell Price: Communicating with the Gods. Part 1.

23rd Kemet Klub Bristol

Campbell Price: Communicating with the Gods. Part 2.

27th Carlisle and District Egyptology Society

Joanne Backhouse: Mirror-Mirror – Ankh, the image of life in ancient Egypt.

28th Poynton Ancient Egypt Society

Claire Ollet: Title tbc.

29th Sussex Egyptology Society

John J. Johnston: Tutmania – A Century of Reception in Popular Culture. Brighton Venue.

NOVEMBER 2022

5th Chesterfield Egyptology Society

Jo Derbyshire: Searching for Sobek at Gebel el Silsila.

5th Plymouth and District Egyptology Society

Lee Young: Carter.

13th Egypt Society of Bristol

Kathryn Piquette: The Narmer Palette Once Again – Unmasking the Blow.

13th Kemet Club Bristol

Luigi Prada: Ancient Egyptian Divination, Part 1.

14th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society

Garry Shaw: Egyptian Mythology – A Traveller’s Guide, from Aswan to Alexandria.

19th AEMES Ancient Egypt & Middle East Society

Margaret Beaumont: Harry Burton, Prince of Archaeological Photographers and Tutankhamun’s Second-Hand ‘Wonderful Things’ – Re-used or Family Mementoes? Double Lecture

19th North East Ancient Egypt Society

Tutankhamun – His Life and Legacy for Egyptology. Study Day and AGM.

19th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society

Ken Griffin: Karnak – The Most Select of Places.

20th Kemet Club Bristol

Luigi Prada: Ancient Egyptian Divination, Part 2.

24th Carlisle and District Egyptology Society

Rosalie David: Egyptian Mummies – Latest Research on Disease and Living Conditions in an Ancient Society.

25th Poynton Ancient Egypt Society

Colin Reader: Tutankhamun, the Alien Connection.

26th Egyptian Society Taunton

Toby Wilkinson: Tutankhamun’s Trumpet.

26th Sussex Egyptology Society

Clive Barham: Carter Finding Tutankhamun – It Wasn’t Just Luck. Worthing Venue.

26th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society

Rosalie David, Abeer Eladany, Daniella Rosesnow and Nancy Hoskins: Tutankhamun Anniversary Study Day exploring the king and his tomb through research, medical science and press and excavation archives.

UNIVERSITY ONLINE DEGREE COURSES

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER EGYPTOLOGY ONLINE

CERTIFICATE, DIPLOMA & M.Sc. EGYPTOLOGY

Part-time online accredited courses exploring the history of ancient Egypt.

bit.ly/CertifEgypt  bit.ly/DipEgypt

bit.ly/EgyptologyOnlineMasters

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, FACULTY OF BIOLOGY, MEDICINE AND HEALTH

M.Sc. BIOMEDICAL EGYPTOLOGY

Three-year part-time online course exploring disease and managing illness in ancient Egypt, using the latest biomedical techniques.

bit.ly/MscBiomed

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, SCHOOL OF HISTORY, CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY

M.Sc. IN ANCIENT WORLDS (ARCHAEOLOGY AND CLASSICS)

Part-time online course (two to four years) covering a broad range of ancient history topics including Ancient Egyptian history.

bit.ly/EdinMsc

EXHIBITIONS

To 17th October 2022

MUSÉE DES CIVILISATIONS DE L’EUROPE ET DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE (MuCEM)

THE SUPERSTAR PHARAOHS

Exploring the kings and queens of Egypt who have become international icons today.

1 Esp. J4, 13002 Marseille, France

www.mucem.org

To 31st December 2022

PALACIO DE LAS ALHAJAS

DAUGHTERS OF THE NILE: WOMEN AND SOCIETY IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Exhibition of three hundred pieces from twelve countries from museums, institutions and private collections focusing on the key role played by women in Ancient Egypt.

Pl. de San Martín, 1, 28013 Madrid, Spain

www.hijasdelnilo.com

To 5th February 2023 THE BODLEIAN LIBRARIES/GRIFFITH INSTITUTE

TUTANKHAMUN: EXCAVATING THE ARCHIVE

Free exhibition highlighting gems from the Griffith Institute’s archive of Tutankhamun documents, paintings and photographs.

Bodleian Libraries, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

18th June 2022 - 29th January 2023 WORCESTER ART MUSEUM

JEWELS OF THE NILE

Over 300 objects and pieces of jewellery from the Worcester Art Museum collection on display for the first time in a century.

55 Salisbury Street, MA 01609, USA www.worcesterart.org

Ends 1st January 2023

SAINSBURY CENTRE/ UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

VISIONS OF ANCIENT EGYPT

Over 150 works from UK and international collections exploring the enduring appeal of ancient Egypt in art and design.

University of East Anglia, Norfolk Road, Norwich NR4 7TJ

www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk

13th October - 19th February 2023

BRITISH MUSEUM

HIEROGLYPHS: UNLOCKING ANCIENT EGYPT

Exhibition of over 240 objects including national and international loans celebrating 200 years since the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone.

Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG

www.britishmuseum.org

27th October - 12th March 2023

MUSÉE DE LA CIVILISATION, QUEBEC

EGYPT: THE TIME OF THE PHARAOHS

Exhibition with more than 350 original artefacts from international collections plus models and multimedia.

85 Rue Dalhousie, Québec, QC G1K

8R2, Canada

www.mcq.org

COURSES

31st October - 2nd November 2022 DILLINGTON HOUSE, SOMERSET

AMENHOTEP III AND THE SUN KINGS OF EGYPT’S 18TH DYNASTY

In-person course with Lucia Gahlin.

www.dillington.com/learn/programme

25th - 27th November 2022 DILLINGTON HOUSE, SOMERSET

EGYPTOMANIA

In-person course with Mike Hope

www.dillington.com/learn/programme

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