Extra Meeting 18/06/2016

2023 Meetings:

28th January 2023  ~  2:00pm – 4:30pm

Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, Durham

Face-to-face plus Zoom Hybrid

Dylan Bickerstaffe  -  “Great Expeditions to God’s Land and Punt.”

Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh, is celebrated for her expedition to the land of Punt. Launching a voyage on the Red Sea was a colossal achievement in itself, however, involving large numbers of men crossing Egypt’s barren Eastern Desert.  We look at port facilities constructed in the Old and Middle Kingdoms, and the clues from expedition records as to why certain pharaohs launched such massive expeditions.

Monday 6th March 2023 ~ 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Collaboration with the Literary and Philosophical Society

The Literary and Philosophical Society, Westgate Road, Newcastle

Face-to-face plus Zoom Hybrid

NOTE: Places for Face-to-Face attendance need to be booked:
NEAESOC Members please email the society
Non NEAESOC members please go to the Lit and Phil website here Ancient Egypt for Beginners (litandphil.org.uk) 

Dr Penny Wilson - Introduction to Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian civilization existed for around 3000 years along the banks of the River Nile in North-East Africa and has a reputation for gold, pharaohs and pyramids.

This talk will explain their role and purpose in the ancient civilization and investigate some amazing wonders from ghost stories to hippopotamus goddesses and protective eyes to rat traps.

11th March 2023  ~  2:00pm – 4:30pm

Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, Durham

Face-to-face plus Zoom Hybrid

Sarah Doherty  -  “What was the Worst Job in ancient Egypt?’

The best job in Egypt was being a scribe and they had a rather superior attitude to other craftwork and trades.  This talk will explore the reality of specialist craft workers in order to explore whether the scribal view of the worst job was accurate.

Saturday 15th April 2023 ~ 1:30pm – 4:10pm (British Time)

NEAES Mini Student Conference

In-Person ~ Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, Durham,

DH1 3TH

plus Zoom Hybrid

FREE Lecture

This Lecture is LIVE, therefore, it will not be recorded

There is NO need to register

After the success of our last Student Conference, we are pleased to announce our second Mini Student Conference as part of our NEAES Student Involvement Project (SIP).

We have some great postgraduate speakers lined up covering a range of Egyptological topics including Ancient Egyptian contraception, metallurgy, and funerary archaeology.

NEAES SIP Conference Provisional Running Order 15/04/2023

13:30 – 13:45 -  Introduction / Welcome Statement

13:45 – 14:15 -     Katherine Chin-Quee

Female Sexuality/Contraception in Ancient Egypt - Including Q&A

14:15 – 14:45 -  Martin Odler

Copper Metallurgy in Ancient Egypt - Including Q&A

14:45 – 15:00 -   Coffee Break

15:00 – 15:30 -  Hannah Harrison

Home is where the heart is: Child burials in the houses of Ancient Egypt, c.1980 BCE – c.1760 BCE

15:30 – 16:00    -  Urska Furlan  -  Egyptian Amulets?

            / or /               

15:30 – 15:40   -     Closing Remarks

16:00 – 16:10 -  Closing Remarks

Zoom Code:

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6-1-23

13th May 2023  ~  2:00pm – 4:30pm

Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, Durham

Face-to-face plus Zoom Hybrid

Fatma Keshk  -  ‘Past, Present and Future: Heritage at Risk Projects in Egypt’

The EES funded five projects in Egypt ranging from oral histories of the Alexandria fish-market, recording a mausoleum in Cairo, mapping documents about the old tram system of Cairo, documenting a 19th century water station in Khatatba

15th July 2023  ~ CANCELLED

The Literary and Philosophical Society, Westgate Road, Newcastle

Face-to-face plus Zoom Hybrid

Jen Scott  -  Bes Bells

Bells made of bronze and faience and decorated with the heads of deities and demons such as Bes are attested from the First Millennium BCE in Egypt.  This talk will take a faience Bes-bell in the Oriental Museum as a starting point to explore the meaning and use of these unusual items.

Saturday 28th October 2023 ~ 1:00pm – 5:00pm (UK TIME)

Face to Face at:-

Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, Durham, DH1 3TH 

Plus Zoom hybrid

NEAES Members (those who have paid £20 subscription) FREE - Zoom Codes to follow

Non-Members ~ Entry Price: £8.00 (GBP)

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Deadline date for Zoom tickets:- Thursday 26th October 2023 ~ 11:00am

Crocodile Study Day

1:00pm

Joanne Derbyshire - Crocodiles in a Quarry? Gebel Silisila and its Crocodile Gods.

 Joanne Derbyshire is a PhD student at Durham University where she is working on the destroyed temples at Gebel Silsilia.  She is part of the Swedish Mission investigating the site.

2:15pm

Dr Penny Wilson - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Crocodile Cults in Egypt.

 Penny is Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology in the Dept. Archaeology at Durham University where she has worked for the last 20 years and before then she was Assistant Keeper in the Dept. Antiquities, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.  She studied at Liverpool University, where she completed her PhD, now published as ‘A Ptolemaic Lexikon’.  She is currently Director of the Delta Survey Project for the Egypt Exploration Society and field director of the Royal City of Sais Project. 

3:30pm

Break – Book Sale

3:45

Barbara Atkinson - The Durham Oriental Museum Mummy

Barbara is currently NEAES Secretary; she achieved the Certificate in Egyptology from Manchester University and a Diploma in Egyptology from Oxford College.  She has self-published two books, Durham University’s Oriental Museum Mummies and An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Laws and Punishments.  

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18th November 2023 

NEAES STUDY DAY

12:00 – 1:15pm NEAES AGM Members only (UK TIME)

1:30 – 4:30pm Lectures

The Literary and Philosophical Society, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SE

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Face to Face plus Zoom Hybrid

Entry Price: £8.00

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Deadline date for Zoom tickets - Thursday 16th November 2023 ~ 11:00am

Study Day Programme:

12.00 - 1.15pm       North East Ancient Egypt Society – AGM for NEAES MEMBERS ONLY

1:30  -  2:45          1st Speaker

Henning Franzmeier  -  Reconstructing Life in Pi-Ramesse

2:45  -  3:15          Break / book sale / raffle

3:15  -  4:30          2nd Speaker

Nicky Nielsen - “I belong to Imet!”: The Private and Royal Sacred Landscape at Tell Nabasha during the Ramesside Period

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 2022 Meetings:

Covid-19

In view of the changing situation with the Covid-19 pandemic, lectures in the first half of the year may all be Zoom-only.  As soon as it is safely possible we will return to face-to-face lectures, but we will also continue to broadcast them on Zoom.

Saturday 22nd January 2022 - (1:30) 2:00-4:00 (UK Time)

Zoom Meeting

Cost – FREE

This Lecture is LIVE

There is NO need to register

Dr Penny Wilson: Associate Professor in Egyptology, Durham University

Pots and Ports:  Recent Fieldwork at Sais and the Far North of Egypt. 

Dr Penny Wilson: Penny is a specialist in Egyptology with a particular focus in areas of both hieroglyphic texts as well as field archaeology.  Since 1999, Penny has been employed as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the Department of Archaeology, Durham University.

Penny is currently the Field Director of the joint Durham University/Egypt Exploration Society/Supreme Council of Antiquities project at Sais (Sa el-Hagar) http://www.dur.ac.uk/penelope.wilson/sais.html     

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Saturday 12th March 2022  ~  2:00 – 4:00pm 

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Due to unforeseen circumstances the NEAES Lecture on Saturday 12th March 2022 will be held on ZOOM ONLY.

(No face-to-face in Durham)

Ilaria Ilcordino

A Step from the Pyramid: an Egyptological Project at Beit Khallaf supported by a crowdfunding platform

Ilaria is searching for evidence to support the hypothesis that mastaba K1 at Beit Khallaf (Abydos, Egypt) could be a royal tomb, possibly belonging to pharaoh Sanakht.  This would be the royal tomb built just before the famous Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the first Egyptian pyramid ever erected.  Ilaria is researching documents from European Museums as well as conducting an archaeological survey of the tomb, the first since 1901.  This talk will support the work directly.

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Saturday 9th April 2022 ~ 1:50 – 5:00pm

Student Conference hosted by NEAES.

The day will allow students of Egyptology the opportunity to present their research to the communities outside Universities.  All are welcome to hear the next generation of Egyptologists.

We have a great line up of student speakers covering a variety of topics in Egyptology from pottery to funerary practices.

Programme:-

1:50 – 2:00 – Introduction

2:00 – 2:30

Ariadne Argyros

The Widow’s Lament: Female Mourners in Ancient Egyptian Funerary Culture

2:30 – 3:00

Yassmin Atef Ahmed Fathy

The Interrogative “wr” from Middle Egyptian to Coptic

3:00 – 3:30

Hannah Harrison

Home is where the heart is: Child burials in the houses of Ancient Egypt, c. 1980 BCE – c.1760 BCE

3:30 – 3:40 – Short Break

3:40 – 4:10

Ana Belen Rumi

Foreigners to pharaohs: Greek archaeological evidence in Egyptian settlements leading to the Ptolemaic dynasty rulership

4:10 – 4:40

Ahmad Adel Sayed Mohammad

Pottery in Egypt: An Ethnoarchaeological Study

4:40 – Closing remarks

Zoom to open at 1:30 Lectures to start at 1:50pm – 5:00pm (UK TIME)

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Saturday 14th May 2022  ~  2:00 – 4:00pm

Face-to-Face at Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, Durham, Plus Zoom/Hybrid

Katja Goebs (Toronto University)

Katja is an expert on the Pyramid Texts and their meanings, specialising on the presentation and appearance of the god-king.  This talk will discuss the beauty of sunlight and radiance and its connection with the regalia and power of the king.

Zoom to open at 1:30 Lecture to start at 2:00pm – 4:00pm (UK TIME)

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Saturday 21st May 2022 ~ 10:00am – 4:00pm

Sunderland History Fair, Bethany Church, Sunderland.

NEAES will have a table at the Fair, so come and meet members of our Committee, write your name in hieroglyphs and see what other history and archaeology societies can offer.

Saturday 18th June 2022 ~ 2:00 – 4:00pm (UK TIME)

Face-to-face at Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, Durham

Plus Zoom/Hybrid

Bernadette Brady 

Two different Egyptian views on the Sun’s rays; Karnak and Amarna.

With the summer solstice approaching, it is an ideal time to consider the solar theology of Egypt through the lens of sunlight.  The darkness of Amun and his great temple of Karnak sits in contrast to the brightness of the Aten celebrated at the House of the Aten, Akhetaten, Amarna.  Contrasting theologies produced contrasting architecture and ideas on sacred landscapes.  Bring your night eyes for Amun but your sun hat for Amarna!

Bernadette Brady holds a PhD in Anthropology (2012) and MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology (2005).  She is currently a tutor in the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK.  Bernadette was the course director for the 2019 BSS at Luxor on Egyptian Astronomy and has lectured widely on this subject.  She is currently completing her MA in Egyptology from Manchester University.

Zoom to open at 1:30 Lecture to start at 2:00pm – 4:00pm (UK TIME)

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Saturday 16th July 2022  ~  2:00 – 4:00pm

Face to Face at The Literary and Philosophical Society, Westgate Road, Newcastle  Plus Zoom/Hybrid

Katherine Slinger

A Beautiful Death: Theban Tomb Decoration in the New Kingdom.

Katherine’s research at Liverpool University has focused on the Theban tombs.  In this lecture she will explore the exceptional tomb scenes and connected afterlife beliefs of the elite Theban Tomb owners in the New Kingdom.

Zoom to open at 1:30 Lecture to start at 2:00pm – 4:00pm (UK TIME)

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September 2022:

Opening of the Exhibition “The Dazzling Dynasty”

To celebrate the Tutankhamun centenary at the Oriental Museum, Durham.

The exhibition will showcase material from the collections that highlights the achievements and wealth of the dynasty of kings that included Amenhotep III and Tutankhamun.

Saturday 8th October 2022  ~  2:00 – 4:00pm 

Face to Face at: - Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, Durham, DH1 3TH ~ Entry Price: £5.00

Zoom ~ Price: £5.00

NEAES Members (those who have paid £20 subscription) FREE 

Deadline date for Zoom tickets: - Thursday 6th October 2022 ~ 11:00am

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Dr Salima Ikram

Animals in Ancient Egypt: the Divine and the Delicious?

Dr Salima Ikram is an expert on animal mummies and animal cults in Ancient Egypt. 

In this lecture Salima will address aspects of her extensive work from sites all over Egypt in order to discuss the Egyptian interest in their animals.

Saturday 19th November 2022  ~  9:30 – 5:00pm

STUDY DAY and AGM:

‘There was Light’:

A Study Day focussing on the background to the discovery of The Tomb of Tutankhamun

Face to Face at:-

The Literary and Philosophical Society, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SE

Entry Price: £10.00

Zoom ~ Price: £10.00 see below for details

NEAES Members (those who have paid £20 subscription) FREE

Deadline date for Zoom tickets:- Thursday 17th November 2022 ~ 11:00am

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9:30am 

Doors and Zoom to open:

10:00 – 11:00am

Rachel Barclay and Penny Wilson

‘There was Light – Amenhotep III and His Dazzling World’

Rachel is Chief Curator at the Oriental Museum, Durham and Penny is Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology, Dept. Archaeology, Durham University.  They discuss the art of the reign of Amenhotep III and the Stela of Akhenaten that feature in the current exhibition at the Oriental Museum and will highlight some of the wonders that you can see there.

11:00am – 12:00pm

Aidan Dodson

‘The Modern Rediscovery of Tutankhamun’

Aidan Dodson has taught at the University of Bristol since 1996, and has been honorary Professor of Egyptology since 2018.  A graduate of Liverpool and Cambridge Universities, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2003, and is the author of some 25 books; the latest, Tutankhamun, King of Egypt: his life and afterlife, is due to be published by the American University in Cairo Press on 1 December.

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12.00 - 1.30pm

Lunch break

North East Ancient Egypt Society – AGM for NEAES MEMBERS ONLY

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1:30pm (UK TIME)

Afternoon Lectures

1:30 – 2:30pm

Jun Wong

‘After Amarna: Temple restorations under the reign of Tutankhamun and beyond’

Jun is a PhD student at the University of Toronto.  In this talk, he will explore the destruction of images that took place in the Amarna period, as well as their subsequent restoration. 

2:30 – 3:30pm

Janice Kamrin

‘Digging in Winlock’s Archives, Part 2’

Janice is a Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, with a BA from Bryn Mawr College and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.  Her research interests include Middle Kingdom tomb art, the archaeology of Thebes, and the funerary arts of the First Millennium.  She has excavated at Malqata, the festival city of Amenhotep III, and is working on projects related to the archives of The Met’s early 20th Century Egyptian Expedition.  Janice has directed several projects at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo and worked closely with Zahi Hawass, former head of the antiquities service.  She is on the board of the American Research Center in Egypt.

3:30 - 4:00pm - Break

4:00 - 5:00pm

Lori Wong

‘The burial chamber wall paintings in the Tomb of Tutankhamen: from creation to conservation’

Lori was part of the team from the Getty Institute in California that worked on the tomb of Tutankhamun as a conservator and is now a PhD student at Durham University.

5:30: END

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 2021 Meetings:

Saturday 30 th January 2021 - (1:30) 2:00-4:00

Zoom Meeting

Dr Penny Wilson

NEAES ~ Mystery Show and Tell

Members of NEAES will discuss / present a ten minute piece on their favourite object / person / place / temple / rituals or something Egyptian.  There will also be question and answer segment, taking questions from the floor.

Dr Penny Wilson is Associate Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University.  Penny is currently the Director of the EES Delta Survey Project, and Project Director of the joint EES/Durham University archaeological mission at Sais in the western Delta.  Penny is a specialist in both Egyptian languages and field archaeology.

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Saturday 13th March 2021  ~  2:00 – 4:00pm 

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Giuseppe Delia

"He Who is Upon the Secrets".

Anubis' Phenomenology from God of the Dead to Mystery Cults.

Giuseppe is a PhD candidate at Durham University looking at the transmission of ideas from Antiquity to the medieval period.  He recently co-organised the British Egyptology Conference at Durham.

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Saturday 22nd May 2021  ~  2:00 – 4:00

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Katharina Zinn

Museum of Lies: Alternative Narratives of Ancient Egyptian Objects

Katharina is Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology and Heritage at the University of Wales, Trinity St David Lampeter campus.  Her interests include heritage, identity and religion – as you will see in her lecture.

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Saturday 17th July 2021  ~  2:00 – 4:00pm

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Eva Lange-Athinodorou

Cats, Pharaohs, Lost Tombs and Mysterious Rituals at Bubastis.

Eva is an Associate Professor at Würzburg University and has been excavating at the site of Bubastis for a good part of her life.  Her interests include delta archaeology, religion and …. possibly lion-cats.

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Saturday 9th October 2021  ~  2:00 – 4:00pm 

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Gianluca Miniaci

The Middle Kingdom World in Miniature

Gianluca is an Associate Professor in Egyptology at Pisa University.  He has published widely on the Middle Kingdom and its material culture.

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Saturday 20th November 2021  ~  2:00 – 5:00pm (UK Time)

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MINI STUDY DAY:

2:00 – 3:15pm (UK TIME)

Angela McDonald - Glasgow University

Beauty from within: Exploring the concept of nfr in Ancient Egyptian texts

This talk attempts to investigate the concept of nfr from an Egyptian perspective, from a (re) thinking of what the nfr-hieroglyph actually represents and means, to an exploration of how the adjective nfr and its derivatives appear in texts across time. 

Biography: 

Angela McDonald is a Senior lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Glasgow.  She runs the Classics and Egyptology subject area with Short Courses and teaches for the Classics department also.  Her teaching and research range across ancient Egyptian culture and society, but she is particularly interested in the visual capturing of meaning in Egyptian texts and art.

Short Break

3:30 – 5:00pm (UK TIME)

Hussein Bassir - Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Beauty or Perfection: Statues in Late Period Egypt

Biography: 

Dr. Hussein Bassir is Egyptian Egyptologist, archaeologist, novelist and writer.  He has obtained a BA in Egyptology from the Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, and MA and PhD in Egyptology and Ancient Near East archaeology at Johns Hopkins University.

He has authored many books, academic articles, novels and short stories, such as In Search for Khnum; The Old Red Hippopotamus; Love in Tokyo; The Great Ipu; Pharaonic Queens: Drama of Love and Power; Secrets of Antiquities:  Tutankhamun, Pyramids and Mummies, and others.  He has written, in English, a book titled Image and Voice in Saite Egypt, and edited a book entitled Living Forever: Self-Presentation in Ancient Egypt with a group of distinguished Egyptologists from around the world.  He has written the film Zoser and Imhotep: Duality of The King and the Genius.

He was a the director of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, the Giza Pyramids, as well as International Organizations and UNESCO Department, and the Scientific Publication Department at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, among others.  He is currently the Director of the Antiquities Museum and Supervisor of the Dr. Zahi Hawass Center of Egyptology at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

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 2020 Meetings:

Saturday 25 th January - 2:00-4:00

Newcastle, 4th Floor, Commercial Union House, Explore Building Map

Daniel Elcoat

Colossal Statues in Ancient Egypt. Why go BIG?

Daniel’s research focussed on the colossal statues of Egypt and his talk will discuss the origins, purpose and symbolism of the giants of Egyptian art.

Saturday 7 th March - 2:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Daniel Potter (NMS)

A Ptolemaic Lady of Montrose, Espionage and Robert Burns

Daniel is curator of Mediterranean Cultures at the National Museum of Scotland. His talk will explain the background to a statue now in Scotland with a fascinating history.

Saturday 16 th May - 1:00-5:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Mini Study Day on Tutankhamun

Led by Penny Wilson and with NEAES members.

Brief outline – Short talk about Tutankhamun, his life, family and death. Short talk about Howard Carter and his search for Tutankhamun. Did you miss the Tutankhamun exhibition or did you see it and want to know more? This illustrated talk will discuss in detail pieces from the recent London exhibition explaining their history, symbolism and importance. Get ready for 2022!

Saturday 30 th May - 2:00-4:00

Now being held on Zoom

Hannah Pethen

The Friendly Desert: Recording the landscape of the Hatnub alabaster quarries

Hannah is an Egyptologist specialising in GIS analysis of landscapes. Her talk is based on her recent work in Hatnub the alabaster quarries in Middle Egypt near Amarna and with recently discovered Old Kingdom loading ramps.

Saturday 11 th July - Zoom open at 1:30 Lecture to start at 2:15 – end 4:30

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Susanne Bickel

The Princesses’ Burial: New research in the Valley of the Kings KV63

Professor Bickel is an Egyptologist at the University of Basel, Switzerland and Director of the Swiss Mission in the Valley of the Kings.

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Saturday 10 th October - 2:00–4:00

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Zoom open at 1:30 Lecture to start at 2:00 – end 4:00 ish  

Ross Thomas

Function and use of terracotta and other figurines in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods in Egypt.

Ross is a curator at the British Museum and Director of fieldwork at the site of Naukratis.  He is a specialist in survey techniques as well as pottery and terracotta figures.

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Saturday 21 st November - NEAES Study Day,   Lecture to start at 2:00 – end 4:30  

Now being held on Zoom - North East Ancient Egypt Society would like to clarify this lecture is FREE

ANNUAL STUDY DAY and AGM

2.00   Open meeting

2.10   Welcome and introduction

2.15   Chris Naunton - Lost Tombs

Chris will focus on his recent research into the lost tombs of Egypt – where are the tombs of Imhotep, Cleopatra, Herihor, Nefertiti, Alexander the Great.

Dr Chris Naunton is an Egyptologist, writer and broadcaster.

3.15   Penny Wilson - the Sais Royal Tombs - where were they?

Dr Penny Wilson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University and Field Director at Sais (Sa el-Hagar)

3.30   Open Q&A, discussion

4.00   Close main session

4.30   Close Zoom link

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2019 Meetings:

 Saturday 26 th January - 2:00-4:00

Newcastle, 3rd Floor, Commercial Union House, Explore Building Map

Elena Tiribilli

Social Maps of the Egyptian Late Period (664-332 BC):

Priests, people and bureaucrats in the Western Delta

TBA February

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Durham - Extra lecture

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Saturday 16 th March - 2:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Cédric Gobeil

Deir el-Medina revisited. Latest work and discoveries from a site thought to be well known

Cédric Gobeil has been the Director of the Egypt Exploration Society since 2016. He previously worked for the French Archaeological Institute in Cairo as archaeologist with responsibility for the site of Deir el Medina. He will direct new work for the EES in Sudan at one of the southernmost Egyptian outposts in Sudan.

Saturday 11 th May - 2:00–4:00

Durham, Oriental Museum Map

Handling Session - Members Only

Weird and Wonderful

Saturday 25 th May - 2:00-4:00

Newcastle, Fourth Floor, Commercial Union House, Explore Building Map

Roger Forshaw (Lecturer at the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at the University of Manchester where he teaches biomedical Egyptology.)

The Two Brothers

How DNA analysis has helped to shed some light on a question that has puzzled Egyptologists for over a hundred years

Saturday 13 th July - 2:00–4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

José Manuel Galán (Research Professor - Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near East, Spanish National Research Council (ILC–CSIC))

From the 18th down to the 12th Dynasty.

Recent discoveries of the Spanish mission at Dra Abu el-Naga

Since 2001 José’s scientific career focuses on the development of the research project that he started and directed, centred on the hillside of Dra Abu el-Naga, at the northern end of the necropolis of ancient Thebes on the west bank of modern Luxor. The so-called ‘Djehuty Project’ involves annual archaeological campaigns of 6 weeks duration, which includes excavation, restoration, epigraphy, the study of the geology and environmental conditions of the rock-cut tomb-chapels, the analysis of human and animal remains, plants and woods. It is an interdisciplinary research project, which involves every year about twenty specialists of various disciplines, and around one hundred local workmen during the fieldwork season.

Please note the Miner’s Gala takes place on 13th in Durham

Monday 12 - Friday 16 th August

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Ancient Egypt Summer School: Hands On

Durham University is offering a week-long summer school with a focus on discovering how to explore Ancient Egypt and its people. Through practical hands-on sessions with archival records and ancient Egyptian objects hosted at Durham University’s Libraries and Museums, they will untangle the many past and present stories woven within ancient Egypt’s material culture. From the hopes and fears of the ancient Egyptian women and men who lived by its Nile valley, the 19th century Egyptian workers and archaeologists, European excavators and collectors to the modern Egyptians reviving ancient Egypt daily, the course will help you trace ancient Egypt’s full story. You will also gain an insight on the latest methods and resources used by archaeologists and Egyptologists today to document and decipher its monuments and literature and record its landscape through satellite imagery. The course will culminate in a final discussion session attempting to answer today’s most pressing question: Who owns ancient Egypt? The aim is to find a way to understand Ancient Egypt as well as those who have studied it and those who revive it every day and to discover something about ourselves in the process.

For further details with cost and how to book please go to: https://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/study/shortcourses/egypt/

Or contact via the following email address Archaeology.Postgrad.Research@Durham.ac.uk

August

Still in planning British Museum

Saturday 12 th October - 2:00–4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Carolyn Graves-Brown - Egypt Centre, Swansea

My Favourite Things in the Egypt Centre.

Saturday 23 rd November - 09:30-5:30

The Literary and Philosophical Society, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SE Map

ANNUAL STUDY DAY and AGM

Power and Continuity in Ancient Egypt

Programme

Tea / coffee and biscuits

9.50-10:00 Notices

10:00-11:05 Dr Wahid Omran, Fayum University

11:05-11:15 Break

11:15-12:20 Dr Hratch Papazian, Cambridge University

12:20-1:25 Dr Joanne Backhouse, Liverpool University

1:30-2:45 Annual General Meeting

Lunch break (bring your own lunch)

2:45-3:50 Dr Nicky Nielsen, Manchester University

3:50-4:20 Break - prize draw

4:20-5:05 Andrew King, Durham University

5:05-5:20 Further Questions - Concluding Remarks

Dr Wahid Omran

The Ptolemaic Tombs of El-Salamuni, Akhmim in Middle Egypt: Innovation and Continuity

Dr Omran is a lecturer from Fayum University, currently a visiting scholar at Wurzburg and Durham Universities. His interests include religion and archaeology of the Ptolemaic and Hellenistic periods, as well as handicrafts and heritage in Middle Egypt.

Dr Hratch Papazian

Old Kingdom Provincial Pyramids and the Cult of Pharaoh

Dr Papazian is a Senior Lecturer in Ancient Egyptian Language at the Department of Archaeology at Cambridge. His research focuses primarily on ancient Egyptian social and economic history, with a preference for the earlier periods (ca. 3100-2200 B.C.). His current project aims to understand aspects of labour, textile production and economic networks in Old Kingdom Gebelein through the study of papyrus records dating to ca. 2500 B.C. In addition, he is investigating the function of the non-funerary pyramid of Sinki in Abydos.

Dr Joanne Backhouse

The Power of the Female Form: Resurrection, Rebirth and Refuge

Dr Backhouse currently teaches at the Continuing Education Department at the University of Liverpool, where she undertook her PhD. This focused on two and three dimensional images of women from the New Kingdom Egypt, part of which is about to be published by Archaeopress. Joanne is also chair of Wirral Ancient Egypt Society and regularly delivers society talks and runs day schools in a variety of venues in the North West.

Dr Nicky Nielsen

Building a Dynasty: The Life and Times of Seti I, King of Egypt

Dr Nielsen is a Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Pharaoh Seti I, a biography of Seti I recently published by Pen and Sword Press and has carried out fieldwork in the North of Egypt

Andrew King

The Ways of Horus: Power by Road and Sea

Andrew King is a Graduate Intern at St Mary’s College, Durham University who graduated from Durham University with a Masters in Archaeology. He has a long standing interest in military aspects of Ancient Egypt.

2018 Meetings:

Saturday 27 th January - 1:30-3:30

Newcastle, The Literary and Philosophical Society, 43 Westgate Road, NE1 1SE Map

Claus Jurman - Birmingham University

Amasis, a true philhellene? Reconsidering evidence from Memphis.

Claus will discuss an unpublished terracotta statue from Memphis in archaic Greek style with a cartouche of Amasis of Dynasty 26. It raises questions about Amasis’ connections with Greece and reputation as a ‘philhellene’. Claus is an expert on Late Period Egypt and will present some of his recent research.

Saturday 17 th March - 2:00-5:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, DH1 3TH Map

HALF STUDY DAY

Aurochs at Qurta and Vultures at El Kab.

We are very proud and pleased to have talks from two scholars at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels. They will be talking about recent work at El Kab and the spectacular discoveries at Qurta.

Dr Dirk Huyge: Late Palaeolithic Rock Art at Qurta in Egypt

Dr Wouter Claes: The Old Kingdom Settlement at El-Kab: recent excavation and fieldwork.

Saturday 21 st April - 2:00–4:00

Durham, Oriental Museum, DH1 3TH Map

Handling Session - Members Only

Saturday 19 th May - 2:00-4:00

Newcastle, Commercial Union House, Pilgrim Street, NE1 6RQ Map

James Bennett Durham University

Tell Timai and its Terracotta Figures.

The terracotta figurines from the Graeco-Roman period give interesting insights into personal beliefs and religious practices. James will be discussing their role in everyday cults including a pair of acrobat figures.

Saturday 2 nd June - 10:00-4:00

Sunderland History Fair

June - TBC

Mick Oakey

Stone Carving

Saturday 21 st July - 2:00–4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, DH1 3TH Map

Anna Stevens The Amarna Trust / Cambridge University

The Archaeology of Urban Life (and death) at Amarna.

Anna is the Deputy Director of the Amarna project and will discuss recent work at the city and her research.

Saturday 13 th October - 2:00–4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, DH1 3TH Map

In conjunction with The Friends of the Oriental Museum

Manuela Lehman British Museum

Living Abroad: Small Finds and the Ramesside town at Amara, West in Nubia.

Manuela will explore insights into life in an Egyptian city in Nubia based on the small-finds from the British Museum’s excavations.

Saturday 3 rd November - 2:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Esme Lundius – Interactive Session with replica Offering Table

Esme is a second year PhD student at Durham University working on a project entitled Materia Magica Aegyptiae: The Relationship Between the Material and Immaterial in Ancient Egyptian Magical Practice.

Esme’s research mostly concerns the context and ritual use of ancient Egyptian offering tables and similar magical material.

As part of Esme’s research, she intends to reconstruct how offering tables could have been manipulated by magical practitioners. During this workshop we will try to explore the ritual use of offering tables by not only looking at some examples at the Oriental Museum, but also handle 3D models to perhaps arrive at some different ideas of how these tables were used in ancient Egyptian magical practice.

Saturday 24 th November - 10:30-5:00

Newcastle, Commercial Union House, Pilgrim Street, NE1 6RQ Map

ANNUAL STUDY DAY and AGM

Temples, Cults and Rituals

Sarah Griffiths, Ken Griffin and Penny Wilson.

What happened inside Egyptian temples? Four talks examine the different aspects of the temple complexes, through the temple form and structure, the temple ‘furniture’ and statues and its written rituals.

Sarah Griffiths

Origin and Development of Cult Temples in Egypt

Penny Wilson

Offering the Wedjat-Eye: Particles, Totality and the Cosmos in Egypt

Ken Griffin

Temple Accessibility in Ancient Egypt

Sarah Griffiths

New Kingdom and Ptolemaic Cult Temples

2017 Meetings:

Saturday 21 st January - 2:00-4:00

Newcastle, Commercial Union House, Explore Building Map

Julie Misuriello NEAES

Grasping Sand: The importance of Sand in Egyptian rituals

Egyptian temple rituals hide stories, myths and practical tasks. This talk will unravel the meaning behind the use of sand in ritual and how the Egyptians regarded their most ubiquitous resource.

Saturday 18 th March - 2:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Sarah Griffiths Ancient Egypt Magazine

Montuhotep and the Reunification of Egypt

In the 11th dynasty, Egypt was reunified by a strong line of warrior kings and their capable administrators. The talk will explore the way in which power was by a new dynasty …. and then lost.

Saturday 13 th May - 2:00-4:00

Newcastle, Commercial Union House, Explore Building Map

Paul Nicholson Cardiff University

The Dog Catacomb at Saqqara

Millions of canine mummies were packed into the animal catacombs at Saqqara in honour of the god Anubis. Paul will discuss his research into the dog mummies and the industry of animal mummification.

Saturday 15 th July - 2:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Reg Clark

Tomb Security in Ancient Egypt

Tomb robbers were a constant threat to burials in Egypt and so many ingenious and not so ingenious measures were taken to protect the tomb. From sandraulics to curses, the methods are discussed in this lecture.

Saturday 7 th October - 2:00–4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Kasia Szpakowska Swansea University

Cobras, Demons and ‘Fighters’: Demonology in Ancient Egypt

Kasia is the director of research at Swansea into the good and bad ‘demons’ the Egyptian believed inhabited the world with them (and us?). As the research project comes to an end, Kasia will present some of the main findings.

Explore Evenings: Starting Thursday 12 th October - 7:00–8:30

Green Room, 4th Floor, Newcastle, Commercial Union House, Explore Building Map

Members of the North East Ancient Egypt Society

Introduction to Ancient Egypt

The course aims to provide a concise introduction to Ancient Egypt, including the monuments of its Pharaohs and settlements of its people, as well as hieroglyphs, tombs and temples.

 12th October: Penny Wilson - Egyptian Pharaohs and their world

 19th October: Barbara Atkinson - Law and Order in Ancient Egypt

 26th October: Gillian Dodds - The Tomb of Tutankhamun: from Luxor to Highclere

 2nd November: Olive Hogg - Pyramid Power

 9th November: TBC - Temples and Religious Life

 16th November: Ned Ramm - Hieroglyphs and Writing

 23rd November: Penny Wilson - Archaeology of Egyptian Cities and Towns

 30th November: Julie Misuriello - Mummification and the afterlife in Ancient Egypt

FREE to Members of NEAES and Explore, otherwise £65.00, payable by cheque at the first session of the course.

Saturday 25 th November - 10:00-4:30

2nd Floor, Bamburgh House, Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6BH Map

ANNUAL STUDY DAY and AGM

Recent work in Egypt: New discoveries, Continuing projects and the Unexpected

Programme:

10:00 Tea / coffee and biscuits Notices

10:10 – 11:10 Joanne Rowland - Paleolithic and Neolithic Egypt at Merimde and Wadi Galal

11:10 – 11:30 Break

11:30 – 12:30 Penny Wilson – The Proto Capital of Sais

12:30 – 1:45 Lunch break (tea and coffee provided, bring your own lunch) Annual General Meeting

1:45 – 3:00 Mohamed Kenawi – Ancient Metelis: The Forgotten Sites of Kom el Ahmar and Kom el Waset

3:00 – 3:30 Break - prize draw

3:30 – 4:30 Joanne Rowland, Penny Wilson and Mohamed Kenawi: The Toes of Psamtek I, Great Pyramid Voids and Mummies Galore A review of the archaeological year in Egypt.

4:30 Concluding Remarks and Thanks

2016 Meetings:

Saturday 6 th February - 2:00-4:00

Newcastle, Commercial Union House, Explore Building Map

Margaret Maitland, National Museums Scotland

"He Found It Like Heaven Within": Innovation in Middle Kingdom Tomb Decoration

Margaret will discuss the decoration of Middle Kingdom tomb chapels, with their many interesting new themes in iconography and scene-types, from warfare to laundry, reflecting changes in ancient Egyptian society and how the elite presented themselves.

Saturday 19 th March - 2:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Liam McNamara Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Holy rubbish!: Reinterpreting the Hierakonpolis Main Deposit

Liam will be discussing his research into the amazing Hierakonpolis ivories and other objects, including the Narmer palette from the Main Deposit: what, when, why.

Saturday 21 st May - 2:00-4:00

CANCELLED MEETING

Newcastle, Commercial Union House, Explore Building Map

Tessa Baber Cardiff University

The Mummy Pits of Ancient Egypt

Tessa will be discussing part of her PhD research into the burial practices of the poor in ancient Egypt. In particular, she will focus on how the less well-off members of society achieved a perfect burial.

Saturday 18 th June - 1:30-4:30

Newcastle, Commercial Union House, Explore Building Map

‘A series of short lectures, given by the participants of the first NEAES Egyptian Tour, our intrepid adventurers have chosen five images which they would like to talk about in 10 minutes, then answer questions from the floor.

Saturday 16 th July - 2:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Glenn Godenho Liverpool University

‘Created for those who had been living on the desert like jackals’: Nebre and ‘his’ Libyan fortress

Glenn will be discussing the commander of the Ramesside fortress at Zwiyet Umm el Rakham on the north coast of Egypt. Was Nebre a strong army officer holding the western boundary of Egypt for his king? Or did he have other ambitions?

Saturday 8 th October -1:45 to 5:00

Now 3 Speakers for Mini Study Day

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum, Joint meeting with the Friends of the Oriental Museum Map

Death on the Nile:

Funerary artisanship and culture in Ancient Egypt based on the Fitzwilliam Museum's recent research project. The three contributors will discuss the making and development of coffin types in Egypt based on the recent research conducted at the Museum. This is your chance to find about what is underneath the paints and pigments and how decisions were made concerning the form and iconography of coffins. In addition, the wider context of burial practice will be discussed with relation to Thebes and on-going work in the world's most famous necropolis.

2:00 - Helen Strudwick, Death on the Nile I: Tracing the development of ancient Egyptian coffin types

3:00 - Julie Dawson, Death on the Nile II: The craft and science of coffin manufacture

3:50 - Nigel Strudwick, Death comes as the End: Burial practice in ancient Thebes

Saturday 26 th November - 10:00-4:00

1st Floor, Bamburgh House, Market Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6BH Map

ANNUAL STUDY DAY and AGM

The Theban West Bank Tombs: new Research and Directions

2015 Meetings:

Saturday 24 th January - 2:00-4:00

Newcastle, Commercial Union House, Explore Building Map

Penny Wilson (Durham University).

‘The Two Cities of Sais: Updates on Recent Work’

This lecture will describe the latest archaeological work on the late Ramesside and Third Intermediate Period towns of Sais. What happened to leave the Ramesside town largely intact?

Saturday 14 th March - 2:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Wolfram Grajetzki (UCLA Encyclopaedia of Egyptology)

‘Eight Women - Understanding Gender and Afterlife in Late Middle Kingdom Burials’

Using case studies to interpret funeral archaeology, Wolfram will investigate powerful women and their hopes for a ‘Beautiful West’.

Saturday 16 th May - 2:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Richard Bussman UCL

Great and Little Traditions: The Archaeology of Egyptian Temple Cult

Based on his research into local temples and their operation, Richard will unravel the complex working and religious networks that underpin Egyptian temples

Saturday 18 th July - 2:00-4:00

Newcastle, Commercial Union House, Map

Ana Tavares - AERA, Giza

‘Giza and the AERA Project at the Workmen’s Town’

Ana has worked for many years at Memphis and the workers town at Giza. She will share with us her unparalleled knowledge of the archaeology of Egypt’s ancient capital and the elite cemetery there.

Wednesday 12 th August - 6:30-8:00

Department of Archaeology (Dawson Building), D110 Main Lecture Room Map

Dr Ayman Taher Wahby (Mansoura University)

Sistra and Constellations: The House Of Hathor at Dendera

The meaning and symbolism of the temple of Hathor, now rejuvenated after the cleansing and conservation of its amazing ceiling

Saturday 10 th October - 2:00–4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Gemma Tully - Saffron Waldon Museum

'Re-imagining Egypt: Artists, Communities and Collaborative Egyptology Displays'

Gemma will discuss bringing Egyptology to Egyptian and Nubian communities through art and museum displays

4 th November - 7:30pm

Friends of the Oriental Museum

Lecture room 9, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum

Campbell Price, on the new Animal Mummy exhibition in Manchester - ‘Gift for the Gods’

Saturday 14 th November

Manchester Museum Trip - ‘Gift for the Gods' exhibition.

the price of the rail ticket is roughly £50.00 (we hope to get a discount for a block booking), - details to follow.

What we need to know:-

• if you are interested

• travel point (Newcastle / Durham)

• do you have a rail card

We have to put a deadline date for a response of 25th October 2015 as Kelly Thompson – Committee Member, needs time to organise the tickets and the train company expressed two weeks to process the tickets. neaesoc@googlemail.com

Saturday 21 st November - 10:00-4:30

The Literary and Philosophical Society (Lit and Phil) Map

ANNUAL STUDY DAY and AGM

Owing to the current situation in Egypt Dr Hourig Sourouzian has had to postpone her visit to the North East. Our Study Day will still go ahead, although be shorter. and focus on recent work. The day will start at 10.30, with a talk by Angus Graham on his work at Luxor, then Penny Wilson will talk about the summer's work at Sais (Sa el Hagar). At 1.00 we will have lunch and AGM at 1.30 to 2.30. From 2.45 there will be final couple of talks and we aim to finish around 4.00. The ever popular book sale and raffle will also still take place - so empty your attics and garages! The meal will still go ahead so please let us know if you wish to come.

Speakers:

Angus Graham and Penny Wilson

Angus has been recreating the ancient landscape. They will discuss their findings and results.

In collaboration with the Joseph Cowan Centre for Lifelong Learning CIC, Newcastle.

2014 Meetings:

Saturday 25 th January - 10:00-12:00

Newcastle, Commercial Union House Map

James Bennett (Durham University).

‘Excavations at Tell Timai (Thmouis)’

As the great city of Mendes and its ram-cults declined, so the city of Thmouis became one of the most celebrated Ptolemaic and Roman cities. James will be reporting on the most recent archaeological work at the site, undertaken as part of the University of Hawaii team. Mosaics, terracotta’s and mysterious platform structures – Thmouis had it all.

In collaboration with the Joseph Cowan Centre for Lifelong Learning CIC, Newcastle. http://www.weareexplore.org.uk/

Saturday 15 th March - 2:00-4:00

Newcastle, Commercial Union House Map

Violaine Chauvet (Liverpool University)

‘Aspects of Tomb Decoration in the Old Kingdom’

Violaine is an expert in Old Kingdom tomb decoration and iconography. She will be explaining ‘how to read’ an Old Kingdom tomb as well as developments in the decoration and meaning of mastabas at places such as Saqqara.       

In collaboration with the Joseph Cowan Centre for Lifelong Learning CIC, Newcastle. http://www.weareexplore.org.uk/

NEAESoc members and JCLLC Explore members are Free.  Visitors £5, Concs £3

Saturday 17 th May - 2:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Lee Young (Griffith Institute, Oxford)

‘The Watercolours of Howard Carter’

Aside from being the discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun, Howard Carter was an accomplished artist and watercolourist in his own right. He was part of expeditions to capture the colours of temples such as Deir el-Bahri and tombs at Thebes. Lee will explore Carter’s ‘other’ important legacy to Egyptology. In conjunction with the Friends of the Oriental Museum

Friday 13 th June - 18:30

Durham, Venue To Be Confirmed Map

Dr Tomasz Herbich

“Seeing Beneath the Soil: Geophysics in Egypt”

Tomasz is the former Director of the Polish Mission in Egypt. He now works at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw. He has carried out geomagnetic investigations on literally hundreds of sites throughout Egypt.

Saturday 19 th July - 1:00-4:00

Durham, Elvet Hill House, Oriental Museum Map

Olive Hogg (NEAES)

‘The Hekanakhte Letters’

Irascible, stingy and downright rude! Meet Hekanakhte whose letters to his family were the inspiration for Agatha Christie’s, Death Comes as the End. Olive will be introducing you to the life and times of this charismatic individual from the Middle Kingdom.

1:00 Tea and coffee

1:20 Talk starts

*From 2:30 to 4.00: Hieroglyph students can study texts in the Oriental Museum with Olive and Penny Wilson

Saturday 18 th October - 2:00–4:00

Durham, (Venue Changed): Elvet Riverside, Lecture Room 141 Map

NOTE:

Because of the change of venue the Society will not be able to provide tea and coffee

Lucia Gahlin (University College London)

‘The Mythologising of Akhenaten’

Akhenaten is one of the most famous Egyptian Pharaohs, but how much of his story is a product of the imagination. Lucia will look at the ‘cult’ of Akhenaten and the background to this fascinating character.

Saturday 22 nd November - 10:00-4:30

Newcastle, Commercial Union House Map

ANNUAL STUDY DAY and AGM

‘Rocks and Quarries’

Speakers:

Judith Bunbury (University of Cambridge)

‘Making mud pies - the human dialogue with climate in Ancient Egypt’

Colin Reader (Manchester Ancient Egypt Society)

‘Egypt: Gift of the Landscape’

Ian Shaw (Liverpool University) - tbc

Elizabeth Bloxam (University College London)

‘Ancient Egypt Quarries’

In collaboration with the Joseph Cowan Centre for Lifelong Learning CIC, Newcastle.

2013 Meetings:

Saturday 19 th January - 1:00

Durham Oriental Museum Map

Carol Andrews, formerly British Museum.

Tutankhamun’s Jewellery’

Carol will be discussing the symbolism and function of the king’s jewels, the extent to which they were recycled and their meaning in a funerary context.

Saturday 9 th March - 2.00

Durham Oriental Museum Map

Veronica Tamorri, Durham University

‘Bits and Pieces’: Bodily Manipulation in the Predynastic Period.

Veronica will be discussing the results arising from her current research on the diversity of burial practice in Predynastic Egypt. This includes the manipulation of buried remains, which could be exhumed, reorganised and reburied. Why did they do this and when did they stop? What is the relationship of these attitudes to beliefs surrounding mummification?

Saturday 18 th May - 12:00-4:00

Join us at 12:00pm for tea / coffee and biscuits and time to chat to the speakers

Commercial Union House, 39 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QE Map

The three speakers are all Field Directors of projects of the Egypt Exploration Society and will give details of their current work in Egypt. Our main speaker is Junior Porfessor Dr Joanne Rowland from the Freie Universität, Berlin, and will be discussing her work on the Delta necropolis of Quesna and its relationship with the nearby centres of settlement. Our two Society co-chairs, Penny and Angus, will be giving an update of their fieldwork; Penny in the northern Delta and Angus down in the Luxor / Theban floodplain.

12:00 Tea / Coffee, meet the speakers.

13:00 Penny Wilson:

The Egypt Exploration Society and Current Archaeological Work in Egypt.

13:15 Angus Graham:

Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey: an update.

14:10 Joanne Rowland:

Sacred Falcon Galleries, sand hills and cities: Work at Athribis-Quesna.

Jo will be discussing the recent results of her excavation work at Quesna, a Late Period cemetery in the middle of the Delta and research into the officials of the town of Athribis. Who were these local magnates and how can we trace their lives through their monuments from the Old Kingdom onwards.

15:15 Penny Wilson:

Tell Mutubis and the Bashmur Coptic Revolts.

16:00 Close

Free to Society members and North East Centre for Lifelong Learning Explore members.

Non Members: £5, Concessions £3.

Saturday 20 th July - 2:00

Middlesbrough, Dorman Museum. Map

Ryan Metcalfe, KNH Manchester University

‘The Varied Roles of Alcohol in Biomedical Egyptology’

Ryan will be discussing the uses of alcohol in Egyptian life, from drinking to mummification in the light of new research into residue identification and scientific analyses of funerary materials.

Saturday 28 th September - 10:00

A Visit to the Stores of the Discovery Museum, Newcastle. Map

In the company of Andy Parkin (Keeper of Archaeology, Tyne and Wear Archives & Museums), who lectured to us on the ‘Colossal porphyry foot from the Shefton Collection’ at the November 2010 study day).

We will be organised into two groups. One will be looking at a variety of Egyptian artefacts held in the museum stores in the company of Angus Graham and the other group will be led by Andy to look at human remains from ancient Egypt (for those that would like to see them) and animal remains. The groups will then swap over half way through the morning

Places are limited to 20 people in total. It will be on a first-come-first-served basis to sign up, but with NEAES members given priority. Please email to express your interest and please state if you require wheelchair access to the basement.

Saturday 12 th October - 2:00-4:00

2pm for coffee the talk will start at 2:20pm

Durham, Oriental Museum Map

Garry J. Shaw

‘Rise and Fall of Ramesses III’

Recent analysis suggests that the mummy of Ramesses III had his throat cut. Garry will be looking at the life of this last great Ramesses, his battles with marauders both inside and outside Egypt and the impact of his reign in Egyptian history, and the recent study of the mummy of Ramesses III that suggests he had his throat cut. 

Free to Society members. Non Members: £5, Concessions £3.

Saturday 23 rd November - 10:00-4:00

10am for coffee the talks will start at 10:30am

Durham, Oriental Museum Map

‘Communication and Intelligence in Egypt’

Speakers:

Dr Mark Woolmer, Durham University

Spies, espionage and intelligence gathering in the Amarna Letters

Dr Angela MacDonald, University of Glasgow

Letters to the Dead

Prof Richard Parkinson (Professor of Egyptology, University of Oxford and Assistant Keeper, Ancient Egyptian Pharaonic culture, British Museum)

‘The Queen Shrieks: Disrupting Ancient Egyptian Texts’

Prof John Tait (Emeritus Professor of Egyptology, University College London)

‘Setna Khaemwaset and the Demotic stories of the ghostly magicians’

Free to Society members. Non Members: £10, Concessions £5

Saturday 14 th December - 10:00-12:00

Commercial Union House, 39 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QE Map

10.00 - We’ll provide the seasonal mince pies. Tea and coffees are £1 at CUH.

10.20 Q & A with Reis Omar Farouk.

In collaboration with the Joseph Cowan Centre for Lifelong Learning.

Meet Reis Omar and find out about working as an archaeologist in Egypt. With an introduction to Reis Omar and his work by Angus Graham, Omar will be there to answer all your questions about working on archaeological projects throughout Egypt and the history of his family’s involvement in unearthing Egypt’s past.

Reis Omar Farouk is an archaeological foreman, which his title Reis (pronounced ‘rice’) marks. The Reis is a respected figure that chooses and organizes the workmen/women on a an archaeological project and makes sure everything runs smoothly. It is a long tradition in Egyptian archaeology and dates back more than a century and many men who become a Reis have been involved in archaeological work their whole lives.

In Omar’s case he is from a family of archaeologists (reises) that go back four generations to work with Flinders Petrie in the late eighteenth century and early 1900s as seen on the BBC documentary ‘The Man who Discovered Egypt’. The fifth generation is already making its mark!

The Farouk dynasty are from Quft, but have been based in Luxor for several decades and have been involved in many of the most high profile projects in the area for many years.

He has worked with Angus at Karnak since 2002 and also at Edfu, Hierakonpolis. He also works with Dr Joanne Rowland, who talked to us this May in Newcastle, in the Delta and previously at El Kab. He also works at Gurob with Ian Shaw and Judith Bunbury (coming November 2014) and Jan Picton, who told us about their work at Gurob in May 2010.

See Omar and his team augering in the fields of Luxor at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mndj3uYZid0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUIhMAHk6FP0i0uG0UoITJGA

Omar wears a white scarf on his head and a scarf around his neck and leads the choir!

NEAES Members and JCCLL Explore members are free. Visitors £5, concs. £3.