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My Blogs
- ‘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
Group Blog by Category
- Ashmolean – Oxford
- British Museum – London
- Cardiff University
- Charlotte Booth
- Devon Archaeological Society – Exeter
- Dillington House
- Dr Chris Naunton
- Dr. Aidan Dodson
- Dr. Bernadette Brady
- Dr. Campbell Price
- Dr. Joyce Tyldesley
- Dr. Robert Morkot
- Dr. Toby Wilkinson
- Egypt in England
- Egypt Society of Bristol
- Egyptian Society Taunton
- Lucia Gahlin
- Luigi Prada – Oxford University
- Manchester Museum
- Museums and Visits
- Petrie Museum – London
- Prof. Joann Fletcher
- Rosalind Janssen – UCL
- Salisbury Museum
- Sir John Soane Museum
- Taunton Literary Festivals
- The Kemet Klub
- TV Broadcasts
- Uncategorized
- Universities
- University College of London – UCL
- University of Bristol
- University of Cambridge
- University of Exeter
- University of Manchester
- University of Oxford
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- University of Southampton
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David
- University of York
Links
- Ashmolean Museum – Oxford
- British Museum – London
- Castle Hotel, Taunton
- Charlotte Booth – MA UCL
- Demon Things – Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project
- Devon Archaeological Society – Exeter
- Dr. Aidan Dodson – Bristol University
- Dr. Bernadette Brady – Bristol
- Dr. Joyce Tyldesley – Manchester University
- Dr. Robert Morkot – Exeter
- Dr. Toby Wilkinson – Cambridge University
- Egypt in England – Chris Elliott
- Egypt Society of Bristol – Bristol University
- Egyptian Society Taunton
- Lucia Gahlin – UCL
- Luigi Prada – Oxford University
- Manchester Museum
- Neues Museum, Berlin
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology – London
- Prof. Joann Fletcher
- Rosalind Janssen – UCL
- Salisbury Museum
- Sir John's Soane's Museum
- Taunton Museum, Somerset
- The State University of New Jersey
- University College London – UCL
- University of Cambridge
- University of Manchester
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David
- University of York
Category Archives: Universities
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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Egyptian Hieroglyphs – Maiken Mosleth King, Bristol University
I have just undertaken and completed the above course, and how very challenging it proved to be! Maiken put together a great course, and even though a complete novice in the subject, I enjoyed it, learned and lot; and above all, … 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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Writings from Ancient Egypt by Dr. Toby Wilkinson – Cambridge University
Well, I have just had such a treat – a lecture given by one of my favourite writers and Egyptologists – Dr. Toby Wilkinson. Toby began by explaining that we usually silently read the writings and texts of ancient Egypt, … Continue reading
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Egypt in the Wider World – Dr. Aidan Dodson of Bristol University
What a treat of a day this was! We learn of life within ancient Egypt, we learn of events outside of the land of Egypt itself – for example trading, expeditions and wars – all from the Egyptian point of … Continue reading
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The Senenmut Ceiling by Dr. Bernadette Brady
Following on from the last month’s great lecture on Senenmut, Dr Bernadette Brady of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David came to talk at the Egyptian Society Taunton about the wonderful and beautiful Senenmut Ceiling. Bernadette began by reminding us … Continue reading
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Unearthing Egyptology - Talks on Egyptology 