Lecturer: Chris Naunton – Egyptologist, writer and broadcaster
Date & Time: Saturday November 22nd starting at 4:15pm
Location: Cooper Art Gallery
The Faiyum oasis is a basin 62 miles south of Cairo. It seems to have been particularly significant during the Middle Kingdom, when the new capital city, Ity-Tawy, was established nearby, and in the Ptolemaic Period when it was extensively cultivated. Several Twelfth Dynasty kings built pyramids in the region, including Amenemhat III, whose vast mortuary complex appears to have inspired the much later legend of a labyrinth.
Dr Naunton has mad two television documentaries: The Man Who Discovered Egypt (BBC4) and Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burned Mummy (Channel 4).
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