Penny Wilson
Date: 18th July 2026, 4.15pm
Location: The Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
Tickets: £15 (£14 for members) are available at the Cooper Gallery and they can be reserved on this website on the Public Events page.
Some rules for reading temples such as Luxor and Edfu
Have you visited Egypt or seen photos of the temples there and wondered where to start to understand how they work?
This lecture will offer some helpful information on how to read a temple, the basic principles of the architectural layout and decoration as well as problems created by later building and demolition works. Faced with a wall full of texts and scenes, the talk will unravel the scenes and offer ways to read and decode what is going on.
Next time you visit a temple, you will be prepared to take on all of the amazing information that is before you.
Professor Penelope Wilson is a lecturer of Egyptology in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University.
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