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FEBRUARY 2012

4th Plymouth & District Egyptology Society.

Jim Wearing: The Lily – Ancient Egypt’s Ubiquitous Flower.

4th Wessex Ancient Egypt Society.

Patricia Spencer: Excavating in the Nile Delta.

6th Thebes – Blackburn Egyptology Society.

Hayley Meloy: The Early Dynastic Naqada Royal Tomb – A Royal Tomb Assemblage from Earliest Pharaonic Egypt.

7th Egypt Society of Bristol.

AGM followed by Paul Nicholson: Going to the Dogs – Exploring the Canine Catacombs of Saqqara.

8th Friends of the Petrie Museum.

Irene Forstner-Muller: Tell el Dab’a – Latest Results from Excavation of the Hyksos Capital of Egypt.

9th Petrie Museum Event.

John J. Johnson: A Boy and His Empire – Antinous, Last God of the Ancient World. Advanced tickets available at: http://antinoopolis.eventbrite.com

11th KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology.

STUDY DAY: Mummies and Medicine – Investigating Health in Ancient Egypt. (See Major Events.)

11th Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt – Chesterfield Venue.

John Wyatt: The Birds of Ancient Egypt.

11th Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society.

Elizabeth Frood: Priestly Graffiti and the Reshaping of Sacred Space in First Millennium Egypt.

12th Ancient Egypt & Middle East Society.

Two lectures & Lunch. Paul Nicholson: The Harrow Chalice & Egypt and The Holy Land Through the Magic Lantern.

13th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society.

Mark Walker: Ancient Egypt in Science Fiction.

15th Friends of the Egypt Centre – Swansea.

Heidi Kopp: Travel in Ancient Egypt.

17th Friends of the Petrie Museum.

Heidi Koepp: Travelling in Egypt in Ancient Times.

17th Poynton Egypt Group.

Alan Fildes: Adventures – An Obsession with Pyramids (Part 2).

18th Leicestershire Ancient Egypt Society.

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

18th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society.

Meg Gundlach: Pedamenope – The Man & His Monuments.

18th Sussex Egyptology Society – Horsham Venue.

Paolo Scremin: Rare & Unique Scenes from Ancient Egyptian Tombs.

18th University of Liverpool.

DAY CONFERENCE in honour of Prof. Ken Kitchen: Archaeology and the Bible at Liverpool. (See Major Events.)

29th Ankh – South-East Kent Egyptology Society.

Charlotte Booth: Cleopatra VII.

March 2012

1st Petrie Museum Event.

6.30-7.30pm. Paul Harrison: Egypt & Comics – Modern Mythology & Pop-Art Reflections. Contact: 020 7879 4138 or events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk

3rd Plymouth & District Egyptology Society.

Janet Johnstone: Ancient Egyptian Clothing & Textiles.

3rd Wessex Ancient Egypt Society.

Robert Morkot: Abu Simbel

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4th Essex Egyptology Group.

Joyce Filer: Misadventures of Mummies.

5th Thebes – Blackburn Egyptology Society.

Steven Snape: The Fortress at the End of the World.

6th Petrie Museum Event.

6.30-8.00pm. Sanra Gittens, a specialist on African hair: Getting to the Roots of Egyptian Hair – African Style & Dressing. Contact: 020 7879 4138 or events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk

7th Staffordshire Egyptology Society.

Victor Blunden: Tuthmosis III – Egypt’s Warrior King.

8th Petrie Museum Event.

6.30-7.30pm. Wandering Wombs & Wicked Water – Women’s Complaints & their Treatment. Carole Reeves looks at the Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus and the ideas it presents about women, their bodies and their medical problems. Contact: 020 7879 4138 or events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk

9th Friends of the Petrie Museum.

Massimillano Pinarello: Scribes Once Again? … Not Again!

9th WEA – Haddenham.

DAY SCHOOL: Flax to Fashion in Ancient Egypt with Rosalind Janssen. Contact WEA for details: www.wea.org.uk

10th Egyptology Scotland – Glasgow Venue.

Glenn Godenho: The First Intermediate Period.

10th RAMASES.

Peggy Dewey Memorial Lecture. John Dewey: The Princes’ Tombs in the Valley of the Queens.

10th Sutton Ancient Egypt Society – London.

Lorna Oakes: Ancient Egyptian Thought in the Old Testament.

11th Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society.

DAY SCHOOL: Gateway to an Artistic Renaissance – South Asasif Conservation Project with Elena Pischikova & Robert Morkot.

12th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society.

Colin Reader: The Sphinx – Evolution of a Concept.

12th Wirral Ancient Egypt Society.

Penny Wilson: Saite Power – How to Succeed After Invasion, Economic Collapse and Religious Orthodoxy in Late Period Egypt.

13th Petrie Museum Event.

6.30-8.00pm. How Scientific was Agora? Astronomy & Alexandria. A screening of clips from the film; Andrew Gregory explains and Debbie Challis discusses Hypatia. Contact: 020 7879 4138 or events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk

14th Friends of the Egypt Centre – Swansea.

Pauline Norris: The Welshpool Mummy – How Research is Really Done.

16th Poynton Egypt Group.

Angela Thomas: Abydos – the Development of the site & its early association with Osiris.

17th Leicestershire Ancient Egypt Society.

Joyce Tyldesley: Egypt’s First Queens.

17th North-East Ancient Egypt Society.

Two Lectures. Aidan Dodson: Disintegrations – The Decline and Fall of Libyan Egypt & Dyan Hilton: Ancient Glass Technology.

17th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society.

Robert Morkot: Abu Simbel – Exploring & Understanding the Temple.

20th Bolton Archaeology & Egyptology Society.

John Johnson: The Colossi of Memnon.

21st University of Liverpool.

DAY CONFERENCE: The Languages of the Rosetta Stone with Amy Coker and Glenn Godenho. See: http://sace.liv.ac.uk/ancientworlds/day-events/rosetta-stone/

22nd Carlisle & District Egyptology Society.

Glen Godenho: Egypt’s so-called First Intermediate Period.

22nd Horus Egyptology Society.

Joyce Tyldesley: Tutankhamun & Ankhesenamun – A Royal Marriage.

22nd Petrie Museum Event.

6.30-7.30pm. John J Johnson: Lost in Time & Space – Unrolling Egypt’s Ancient Dead. Contact: 020 7879 4138 or events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk

24th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society.

STUDY DAY: Middle Kingdom in Ancient Egypt. Speakers: Victor Blunden, Steven Snape, Joyce Tyldesley and Campbell Price.

24th Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society.

Paul Whelan: Life in the Service of the King of the Dead.

31st Sussex Egyptology Society – Brighton Venue.

Steve Cross: The Search for KV64.

31st University of London.

11.00am - 5.00pm. STUDY DAY: Fighting Pharaohs – Warfare in Ancient Egypt with Joyce Filer. For details email: study.egypt@virginmedia.com

31st WEA – Wokingham.

DAY SCHOOL: An Introduction to Ancient Egypt with John Billman. Contact WEA for details: www.wea.org.uk

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.

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 4th March 2012,

MANCHESTER MUSEUM

GRAVE SECRETS

Sir Grafton Elliot Smith’s Archaeological Survey of Nubia.

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 6th Sept. 2012,

MANCHESTER MUSEUM

UNEARTHED: ANCIENT EGYPT

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

11th February 2012,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER - THE KNH CENTRE FOR BIOMEDICAL EGYPTOLOGY

STUDY DAY

MUMMIES AND MEDICINE – INVESTIGATING HEALTH IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

Presentations on the latest research from the KNH team with guest speakers Judith Adams and Joyce Filer.

Featuring a keynote lecture dedicated to the memory of Robert Partridge.

www.knhcentre.manchester.ac.uk

18th February 2012,

THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL DAY CONFERENCE

in honour of Prof. Kenneth Kitchen

ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE BIBLE AT LIVERPOOL.

At the Victoria Gallery and Museum.

Further information:

http://sace.liv.ac.uk/ancientworlds

£30 inc. light refreshment, concessions available.

Contact Dr. Glenn Godenho:

ggodenho @ liverpool.ac.uk 0151 794 2474

January and February 2012,

BRISTOL KEMET KLUB LECTURE SERIES

ABYDOS, CULT PLACE OF OSIRIS.

(Friday evenings Jan. 6th 13th 20th & Feb. 3rd 17th & 24th)

A course of six lectures with Lucia Gahlin.

Contact: Ali Ball 01275 791562

ali.dave @ blueyonder.co.uk

Spring 2012,

SOUTH ASASIF CONSERVATION PROJECT

STUDY DAY SERIES

GATEWAY TO AN ARTISTIC RENAISSANCE: IN CONTEXT

with Elena Pischikova and Robert Morkot.

Study Days to be held on:

Saturday 3rd March 2012 – Leicester

(in association with the Leicestershire Ancient Egypt Society)

Sunday 4th March 2012 – Glasgow (in association with Egyptology Scotland)

Saturday 10th March 2012 – Bournemouth (in association with Wessex Ancient Egypt Society)

Sunday 11th March 2012 – Reading (in association with Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society).

Details and booking information: http://southasasif.com/Trust-Events.html

27th - 30th May, 2012,

CURRENT RESEARCH IN EGYPTOLOGY, CRE XIII

http://www.crexiii.co.uk

12th May 2012, U.C.L.

BLOOMSBURY SUMMER SCHOOL SPRING STUDY DAY

ANCIENT EGYPT: MYTH AND HISTORY with John Romer

10.00 am - 5.30 pm. 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

30th July - 10th August 2012,

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL ANCIENT WORLDS SUMMER SCHOOL.

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

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