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- ‘Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt’ – Dr. Chris Naunton: Hosted by Taunton Literary Festival and the Egyptian Society Taunton
- Female Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt – Prof Aidan Dodson
- Digital Saqqara: A New View of the Late Period/Early Ptolemaic Sacred Animal Landscape of North Saqqara – by Scott Williams
- Mummies of the Manchester Museum by Dr Campbell Price
- Art for the Afterlife: Tomb Paintings in the British Museum by Lucia Gahlin
- Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey – by Kris Strutt:
- Egyptian Hieroglyphs – Maiken Mosleth King, Bristol University
- Reflections on Queen Tiye – Dr. Robert Morkot, University of Exeter
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Category Archives: Egyptian Society Taunton
‘Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt’ – Dr. Chris Naunton: Hosted by Taunton Literary Festival and the Egyptian Society Taunton
The Egyptian Society Taunton joined Brendon Books for the 8th Taunton Literary Festival 2018 and we were delighted to have Dr Chris Naunton as our guest speaker for the event. With his usual relaxed and friendly manner Chris talked to us about … Continue reading
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Female Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt – Prof Aidan Dodson
Once again, we had an interesting visit by Aidan Dodson, this time talking to us about the female pharaohs of ancient Egypt, as apposed to the Great Royal Wives of the male Pharaohs. Hatshepsut is a very well-known ‘Female King’, … Continue reading
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Digital Saqqara: A New View of the Late Period/Early Ptolemaic Sacred Animal Landscape of North Saqqara – by Scott Williams
Scott came to speak at Taunton, recommended by Prof. Paul Nicholson of Cardiff University. Combining his different areas of expertise, Scott had recently digtalised Saqqara during the Ptolemaic Period He began by recounting that the site at North Saqqara has … Continue reading
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Mummies of the Manchester Museum by Dr Campbell Price
Campbell is one of my very favourite speakers – lively, energetic, enthusiastic and informative; and as Curator of the Manchester Museum is in the perfect position to give us a great insight in the Museum which holds some 20 mummies … Continue reading
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Art for the Afterlife: Tomb Paintings in the British Museum by Lucia Gahlin
This meeting was held in Exeter at the Devon Archaeological Society, where once again, Lucia has delivered an excellent lecture. For this talk, Lucia talked about art for the afterlife – focusing on tomb paintings now in the British Museum. … Continue reading
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Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Survey – by Kris Strutt:
New Discoveries and Challenges in Mapping the Changing Nile Floodplain at Thebes: Kris came to our group to give us an entirely different sort of lecture – based around the Textual and archaeological resources of the movement of the Nile … Continue reading
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Reflections on Queen Tiye – Dr. Robert Morkot, University of Exeter
Dr Robert Morkot came up from Exeter to talk to us about Queen Tiye – and it was a really good and informative lecture. Amenhotep III’s Great Royal Wife is one of the most prominent of Egyptian Queens; and Robert … Continue reading
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‘Ancient Egypt: New Stories’ – Prof. Joann Fletcher: Hosted by Taunton Literary Festival and the Egyptian Society Taunton
Today we had the most fabulous day! Joann Fletcher – as seen recently on BBC 2’s series ‘Immortal Egypt’ – came to talk in Taunton as part of the Taunton Literacy Festival; co-hosted by the Egyptian Society Taunton. It was … Continue reading
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The Egyptian Labyrinth: A Middle Kingdom Enigma – Prof. Dylan Bickerstaffe
For many years, I have wanted to know the truth and facts behind the fabled ‘Egyptian Labyrinth’ and this comprehensive lecture by Prof. Dylan Bickerstaffe did not disappoint! Beginning with the Greek and Roman writers Dylan explained where the belief in … Continue reading
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Tomb Security in Ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to the Pyramid Age – Dr Reg Clark
Today we were lucky to have Dr Reg Clark, of Swansea University speaking at the Egyptian Society Taunton, as the first speaker in their 2017/2018 season. In this lecture Dr Reg Clark began by saying that this issue has been somewhat overlooked, as until … Continue reading
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