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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. A number of societies will not be holding lectures until January 2021 at the earliest: Full contact details can be found on the societies' page.
JANUARY 2021 9th AEMES Ancient Egypt & Middle East Society Margaret Beaumont: In the Steps of Amelia Edwards and Hatshepsut – From Princess to Pharaoh to Oblivion. Double Lecture. *Only if venue open* 9th Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society Stephanie Boonstra: Latest Research in the EES Archive. Online. 10th Essex Egyptology Group Massimilano Nuzzolo: The Fifth Dynasty Sun Temples and the Solar Cult. Online. 11th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society Iwona J. Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin: Rise and Collapse of the Kingdom of Meroë. Online. 12th Egypt Society of Bristol Janice Kamrin: Lecture tbc. 12th Egypt Exploration Society Anna Stevens: Amarna Cemeteries Project. Online. 16th Leicester Ancient Egypt Society Glenn Godenho: Living on the Edge – Nebre in the Foreign Land of Libya. *Only if venue open* 16th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society John Billman: Art of the Old Kingdom. Online. 20th Friends of the Egypt Centre – Swansea Wolfram Gratjetzki: Jewellery in Old and Middle Kingdom Tombs in Egypt. Online.
( ) FEBRUARY 2021 4th Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society Hana Navratilova: Ancient Visitors to the Pyramids. Online. 7th Essex Egyptology Group Gretchen Dabbs: Toward a Broader Understanding of Life in Akhetaten. Online. 8th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society Glenn Godenho: Patterns of People at the End of the Old Kingdom. Online. 13th Egyptian Society Taunton Maiken Mosleth King: Living with the Dead in Ancient Egypt. Online. 17th Friends of the Egypt Centre – Swansea Urška Furlan: Amulets and the Nile Delta – an Insight into Style, Production and Trade. Online. 20th Leicester Ancient Egypt Society Nicholas Sanders: Alexander’s Tomb –The 2000 Year Quest *Only if venue open*. 20th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society Paul Whelan: Lecture tbc. Online.
MARCH 2021 2nd Egypt Exploration Society Okasha El Daly: The Missing Millennium – Ancient Egypt in Medieval Arabic Writings. Online. Repeated 4th Mar. 7th Essex Egyptology Group Suzanne Onstine: The Life Cycle of Theban Tomb 16. Online. 8th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society Roland Enmarch: How Beautiful are thy Buttocks! Same-sex Desire in Ancient Egypt. Online. 8th Wirral Ancient Egypt Society Dawn Power: Animal-Headed Deities in the Book of Caverns. Online. 13th RAMASES North Kent Egyptology Society Chris Elliot: The Elderly Lady’s Elephant. Venue lecture. 13th Egyptian Society Taunton John Billman: Hidden Abydos. Online. 17th Friends of the Egypt Centre – Swansea John Rogers: Of Kings, Courtiers and Commoners – Who Ran the Egyptian State? Online. 20th Egyptology Scotland Eleanor Dobson: Whatever Happened to Carter’s Canary? Facts, Fictions and the Tutankhamun Excavations. Online. 20th Leicester Ancient Egypt Society Marina Escolano-Povedo: Ancient Egyptian Science in the Graeco-Roman Period. *Only if venue open* 20th Southampton Ancient Egypt Society Ian Trumble: Lecture tbc. Online. 25th Carlisle and District Egyptology Society Bill Manley: The Oldest Book in the World – an Old Kingdom Guide to Modern Life. Online. 27th Manchester Ancient Egypt Society Dylan Bickerstaffe, Ken Griffen and Sarah Griffiths: Queens of the New Kingdom. Online Study Day. 27th Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society Aidan Dodson: Ramesses III. Venue lecture.
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COURSES
4th January - 8th February 2021 KEMET CLUB, BRISTOL REPRESENTING PHARAOH: THE ART OF THE ROYAL IMAGE IN ANCIENT EGYPT Course with Campbell Price exploring how and why Egyptian kings were depicted in two and three dimensional art. Online ali.dave@blueyonder.co.uk
12th January - 16th March 2021 EGYPT EXPLORATION SOCIETY BEGINNERS ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS Ten week course introducing Egyptian hieroglyphs, the language that they write and the culture they represent with Penny Wilson. Online www.ees.ac.uk
19th - 21st February 2021 DILLINGTON HOUSE, SOMERSET SUN-WORSHIP IN ANCIENT EGYPT Residential dayschool exploring solar religion in ancient Egypt with Lucia Gahlin. Dillington House, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9DT www.dillington.com
Ongoing Online EGYPTOLOGY Online, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER YELLOW AND BLUE SYMPOSIA Free Online courses featuring many aspects of ancient Egyptian history through the study of the colours blue and yellow. www.bit.ly/EgyptologyYellow
12th January - 23rd March 2021 MANCENT (THE MANCHESTER CONTINUING EDUCATION NETWORK) FROM ALEXANDER TO CLEOPATRA Ten week course with Michael Tunnicliffe giving an overview of ancient history from 330BC - 30BC. Online www.mancent.org.uk
12th to 21st March 2021 BLOOMSBURY SUMMER SCHOOL HIEROGLYPHS FOR BEGINNERS One day introduction A Taste of Hieroglyphs and five-day Hieroglyphs for Beginners course with Bill Manley. Online www.egyptology-uk.com
EXHIBITIONS
Showing to January 2021 BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE GOLDEN MUMMIES OF EGYPT Manchester Museum’s touring exhibition examining life for the wealthy in multicultural Roman Egypt. 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, New York 14211 www.sciencebuff.org
Showing to 7th February 2021 NATIONAL MUSEUM, PRAGUE KINGS OF THE SUN International exhibition documenting Old Kingdom discoveries at Abusir, with objects from Cairo, Berlin, Leipzig, Hildesheim and more. Museum Complex of the National Museum, Václavské náměstí 68, Praha 1 www.nm.cz/en
Showing to 14th February 2021 MUSÉE GRANET AIX-EN-PROVENCE PHARAOHS, OSIRIS AND THE MUMMY Exhibition in association with the Louvre Museum, showcasing nearly 200 ancient Egyptian artefacts.. Place Saint Jean de Malte, 13100 Aix-en- Provence www.museegranet-aixenprovence.fr
Showing to 21st March 2021 AMOS REX MUSEUM, HELSINKI and KUMU ART MUSEUM, TALLIN GLORIOUS EGYPT Exhibition on display in Helsinki (Finland) and Tallin (Estonia) featuring objects from the collection of the Museo Egizio, Turin. Amos Rex (Lasipalatsi), Mannerheimintie 22–24, 00100 Helsinki Kumu Art Museum, Weizenbergi 34/Valge 1, 10127 Tallinn www.amosrex.fi www.kumu.ekm.ee
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