April/May 2013
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Annual subscriptions are due in May. Unchanged in price: £33 adult and £10 child. Please make your cheque payable to “Essex Egyptology Group”. In April we welcome back Victor Blunden, staff contributor to Ancient Egypt Magazine, writing the popular “Netfishing” page and former lecturer in Egyptology at Manchester University. Victor read Egyptology at both Manchester …
February 2013
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This month we welcome back Rosalind Janssen, past Curator in the Petrie Museum, author and lecturer at Birkbeck, University College London. Read more…
December 2012
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This month we welcome back Rebecca Bradshaw who was working with the Egypt Exploration Society’s mission at Sais, in the Delta, earlier this year. Rebecca graduated from Warwick, holds a Master’s degree from Cambridge and is currently on a PhD programme at University College, Oxford. Read more…
October 2012
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This month we welcome, for the first time, Dr Glenn Godenho who studied for his BA, MA and PhD in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool. His research interests are in the inscriptional and archaeological contexts of Ancient Egyptian social display, and current work includes the excavation and subsequent publication of two fieldwork projects: the …
August 2012
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This month’s meeting will be the “Free Mike Night” and book auction for our chosen good cause. We have lots of volunteers to speak for 10 minutes on a topic of their choice. Titles include ‘Cleopatra in English Literature’, ‘My King’s Valley – the last 25 years’, ’Tutankhamun’s Everyday Clothing’, ‘The Book of the Dead of Baket-Amun’ and …
June 2012
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This month we welcome back David Wise. When he visited us in 2009 the reviewer of that meeting said “David showed us that even in this day and age, Egypt off the tourist track can still be a journey and not just another holiday.” We are all looking forward to more exciting travels with a pinhole camera…. Read …
John Romer Book Launch Event
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Egypt Exploration Society Event Tuesday 1st May, 6.30pm, Swedenborg Hall, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1 John Romer Book Launch The very well-known Egyptologist and author John Romer, presenter of numerous Egyptology documentaries, will give a lecture and sign copies of his brilliant new book. ‘A History of Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great …
April 2012
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This month we welcome back George Hart who was unable to visit us in February due to the snowy weather. George will be talking about Egypt in the Pyramid Age… Read more…
February 2012
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This month we welcome back George Hart to talk to us about Egypt in the Pyramid Age. George graduated with degrees in Classics and Egyptology from University College London and spent over 30 years on the staff of the British Museum. He is an author, a trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society and a founder …
December 2011
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This month is our Fund Raising Event – we will be holding a Crime and Punishment workshop, book auction, photo quiz, word search and anagram quiz, blind auction and ‘guess the weight’. Food will be provided and small prizes will be awarded to winners. The event is being held to benefit the South Asasif Conservation …