The Atkinson venue in Southport is hoping to secure funding to create a display for The Goodison Collection of Egyptology.
If successful, the gallery should open in 2014.
Read more about it on The Atkinson website, here.
Egyptology North newsletter issue #5 now available!
Dear Friends and fellow Egyptophiles,
Issue #5 of the Egyptology North newsletter is now available; please click the link here to read it: Egyptology North April-June 2013.
This quarter’s issue has articles about the upcoming EES/Liverpool Ancient Worlds study day in August and the recent Manchester Ancient Egypt Society study day, as well as the usual directory of events, societies and museums.
We’d be very grateful to receive reviews of the events, exhibitions etc previewed here (we’d love to hear from either organisers or attendees), to feature in future EN newsletters. Please also feel free to send any information that you would like to see in the newsletter to jthorne@egyptology-north.co.uk.
Best wishes,
The Egyptology North team
(Ian Shaw, Julia Thorne and Nick Wernick)
“Stories, Myths & Hieroglyphs” – Don’t Miss Out!
There are a few tickets still available for the Manchester Ancient Egypt Society study day “Stories, Myths and Hieroglyphs” this Saturday.
The speakers for the day are Joyce Tydesley, Helen Stewart and Claire Ollett who will be exploring ancient Egypt’s myths and stories, including a look at the stories behind different hieroglyphs!
- The day begins at 9:30 and finishes around 4:30.
- There will be a raffle for charity, book auction to raise funds for MAES and a fun photo-spotting competition, plus Joyce will have some of her books for sale, so bring some spare dosh!
- Tea / coffee / biscuits provided morning and afternoon.
- You need to make your own lunch arrangements, but there are lots of places in the shopping centre to buy / eat food.
Tickets are £25 for members, £30 guests, from Gillian Cook, 298 Manor Avenue, Sale, Cheshire, M33 4NB (0161 976 1165) - please give Gillian a call if you haven’t booked your place yet as we need to get final numbers to the venue before Saturday.
It’s going to be a fantastic day, so grab yourself a ticket while they’re still hot!
Course on Egyptian Art at Liverpool, starting in January
Joanne Backhouse will be running a Continuing Education course at the University of Liverpool, starting on January 18. Open to all. Please open the file below for full details, or contact Jo on xg0u204b@liv.ac.uk.
‘Great Discoveries of Egypt’ course cancellation
Unfortunately, the Great Discoveries of Egypt course has had to be cancelled. If, however, the course piqued your interest, please do contact the Manchester Ancient Egypt Society (http://www.maes.org.uk/).
Newsletter #4: A new season and lots of new events
Dear Friends and fellow Egyptophiles,
Summer’s almost gone, as The Doors once sang, and we’ve all found ourselves subjected to some of the worst rain this country’s seen in 30 years; I find myself hankering after the substantially sunnier climes of our beloved Kemet. I do hope this newsletter finds you all in a suitably unflooded situation!
In the world of Egyptology, the autumn sees the new season of society lectures kick-off, so you can wave goodbye to the hole left by the summer holidays and find a wonderful selection of lectures in the Events section of the newsletter.
Ancient Worlds gallery opening at Manchester Museum
As per the Ancient Worlds landing page, the new gallery at the Manchester Museum will be open from the 26th October.
If any of our readers visit the new gallery, please do drop me a line at jthorne@egyptology-north.co.uk and let us know what you thought; we’re hoping to feature the new gallery in our next newsletter.
Julia
‘Great Discoveries of Egypt’ course announced at MAES
The Manchester Ancient Egypt Society are running an eight-week course, starting 24th September, about some of the great archaeologists and explorers whose discoveries and work have proved invaluable to the history of Egyptology.
The course details are as follows:
GREAT DISCOVERIES OF EGYPTOLOGY
Venue: The Brow House, No 1 Mabfield Rd, Fallowfield, Manchester. M14 6LP.
(Mabfield Road is opposite Owens Park on Wilmslow Road)
COURSE STARTS: MONDAY 24th SEPTEMBER 2012 at 7.00pm
Everyone is aware of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter, yet there are many other stories to be told in the history of Egyptology. This course will look at the decipherment of hieroglyphs, the uncovering of great tombs and the discovery of the ‘Gold of the Pharaohs’. Join the course to see how treasure hunters became archaeologists – and view the discoveries they made.
1. 24 September - 1799 Jean Francois Champollion: Cracking the Code of Hieroglyphs.
2. 1 October - 1816-18 Giovanni Belzoni: Discoveries: Abu Simbel, Tomb of Seti I and Giza
(8 October NO CLASS: ATTEND THE MAES MEETING)
3. 15 October - 1887 E.A. Wallis Budge: The Amarna Letters
4. 22 October - 1893 Jacques de Morgan: The tombs of Kagemni and Mereruka
5. 29 October - 1903–10 Theodore Davis: Excavating the Valley of the Kings
6. 5 November - 1908–10 George A Reisner: Excavations at Giza
(12 November NO CLASS: ATTEND THE MAES MEETING)
7. 19 November - 1912 Ludwig Borchardt: Nefertiti and the Workshop of Tuthmose
8. 26 November - 1939–46 Pierre Montet: Pharaoh’s Gold: The Royal Tombs of Tanis
Tutor:Victor Blunden, MA
email: vblunden@care4free.net
ADVANCE BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
Life from inside a brand new society, tiny tripods and a wet squeeze
Yes, it’s that time again – our quarterly newsletter is making its rounds, and this time we get to hear from TheBES, the newest society in the region, as well as our own newsletter editor, Julia, about her trip to the recent Manchester Ancient Egypt Society study day.
Click here to read the newsletter. It’s well worth a read…and if you know of anyone else who’d be interested in it, please do pass it on.
We’re always on the lookout for article submissions, either from society/museum organisers or from members and attendees, so please do get in touch with Julia at jthorne@egyptology-north.co.uk if you have something you’d like to write about.
Egyptology North Newsletter 2 now out
The second quarterly Egyptology North newsletter is now available – we hope you find it useful. Do let us know if you have any suggestions as to how to improve it. You can download it from here: