01 – 2025 QV66 The Tomb of Nefertari – Presented by John Johnson
Lecturer: John Johnson – Egyptologist and Chairman of the Horus Egyptology Society based in Wigan. Date & Time : Saturday February 8th starting at 4:15pm Location: Cooper Art Gallery Be prepared to be amazed by the colour and detail of the tomb paintings and the mythology which inspired the work which has survived for nearly […]
Displaced: From the Nile to the Derwent. Museum Trip Review
Visit to the Egyptology Special Exhibition at the Derby Museum. On Wednesday the 20th November, a small and committed group made its way to the Derby museum to visit the special exhibition. Despite very bad traffic, the journey was well worth it and we were rewarded with a stimulating and poignant experience. The 80 or […]
06 – 2024 Secret Signs: Decoding the Cryptography of Egyptian Texts
Lecturer: Dr Penny Wilson – Lecturer at Durham University Date & Time : Saturday 16th November 2024 @ 4:15pm Location: Cooper Art Gallery Tickets – please email – Tickets.HapySociety@gmail.com or pop into to Cooper Gallery gift shop Cost: £15 Non-Members / £14 Members cost includes a buffet after the lecture with tea and coffee
The History of the Rosetta Stone Rebellion
On Saturday the 12th October Dr. Jay Silverstein, lecturer at Nottingham Trent University gave a wide ranging and fascinating talk about the context for the production of the world-famous Rosetta Stone. His lecture gave a brief summary of the history of the way in which the Greeks came to rule Egypt following the defeat by […]
05 – 2024 The History of the Rosetta Stone Rebellion
Lecturer: Dr Jay Silverstein – Lecturer Nottingham Trent University Date & Time : Saturday October 12th @ 4:15pm Location: Cooper Art Gallery Tickets – please email – Tickets.HapySociety@gmail.com or pop into to Cooper Gallery gift shop Cost: £15 Non-Members / £14 Members cost includes a buffet after the lecture with tea and coffee
Detectives, Death and Debutantes: Agatha Christie and Egypt
Four times Agatha Christie turned to Egypt for inspiration, or five if we include an unpublished novel Snow upon the Desert. This we learned from a most informative talk given by member Helen Fryer. Though she spent more time in Syria and Iraq with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, helping him with his finds, Christie […]
Chairmans Review of Dr Robert Loynes Lecture
“Can Mummies tell us about Health and Disease in Ancient Egypt?” On the 31st August it was our great pleasure to welcome back Dr Bob Loynes to deliver a talk on his specialist subject: the use of CT scans, and other techniques to investigate ancient Egyptian mummies. He started by looking back at the history […]
Dr Robert Loynes – Can Mummies Tell us about Health and Disease in Ancient Egypt?
Dr Robert Loynes shared his wealth of information about health and disease in Ancient Egypt with us in his lecture on 31st August 2024 at the Cooper Gallery in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As a retired Orthopaedic Surgeon, who obtained a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Manchester in 2014, he investigated mummification techniques of ancient […]
04 – 2024 Can Mummies Tell us about Health and Disease in Ancient Egypt?
Lecturer: Dr Robert Loynes – Honorary Lecturer At Manchester University’s KNH Centre Date & Time : Saturday 31st August 2024 @ 4:15pm Synopsis: In his lecture Dr Loynes will review the ways in which CAT scans and other research methods have been used to reveal the medical issues which faced Ancient Egyptians. Using many images […]
Egyptian Mathematics from the time of the Pharaohs.
Hapy member and former Maths teacher Tony Watson takes us on a tour of Egyptian numbers and the principles of Egyptian mathematics. Covering the discovery of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, an invaluable source of information on the subject, Tony explains what the Egyptians used Maths for: sharing out provisions, land and resources, building granaries and, […]