Lecturer: Martin Odler – Egyptologist and postdoctoral researcher at Newcastle University
Date & Time: Saturday September 6th starting at 4:15pm
Location: Cooper Art Gallery
Have you ever wondered how the Egyptians managed to carve out those tombs using only copper alloy tools? Martin Odler promises to shine some light on that when he visits us to give a lecture at the Cooper Gallery in Barnsley on 6th September.
Dr Odler is the author of three academic books and numerous articles on ancient Egyptian copper. He is a postdoctoral fellow at Newcastle University’s School of History, Classics and Archaeology and, according to Professor Joann Fletcher, a world expert on Egyptian copper. He is part of EgypToolWear, a pioneering research project looking at how metal tools were used in late Chalcolithic and Bronze Age Egypt (approximately 3500 to 1070 BC).
Until now, scholars have relied on texts and images to interpret Egyptian tools. However, EgypToolWear uses a hands-on, scientific analysis that promises to challenge long-held assumptions: for example, the idea that Egyptian toolmaking was conservative and unchanging.
For tickets please email – Tickets.HapySociety@gmail.com or visit the Cooper Art Gallery gift shop in Church St, Barnsley, S70 2AH
Cost: £15 Non-Members / £14 Members
The cost includes a buffet after the lecture with tea and coffee
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