Essex Egyptology Group

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 and Liverpool Universities. Today he will be talking about farming and agriculture in the Nile Valley.

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.

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.

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 First
Intermediate Period tomb of Ankhtifi near Mo’alla in Upper Egypt, and the Ramesside fortress at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, 200km west of Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast.
He teaches at the University of Liverpool and also the Online Certificate and Diploma in Egyptology at Manchester.

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 ‘Sekhmet: She Who Is Powerful’.

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….

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 Pyramid‘ is a uniquely accessible account of the earliest history of ancient Egypt, and is a natural evolution from his well-loved volume ‘The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt revisited’. Don’t miss the chance to get your copy before it’s available anywhere else (and, just to make it completely irresistible, we’ll throw in a discount – 25% off the RRP). To book, click the link above, or contact the Egypt Exploration Society (joanna.kyffin@ees.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 7242 2266).

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…

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 member of the Friends of the Petrie Museum.

February12 Newsletter

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 Trust.