A Trip to Bagshaw Museum
On a beautiful sunny day on 8th August 2026, a group of seven of us turned up for an early viewing of the Egyptian Gallery at Bagshaw Museum. Most of the West Yorkshire Egyptian holdings are at Bagshaw Museum and so it was no surprise that the gallery was full of fabulous artefacts relating to […]
How to Organize an Egyptian Temple
Professor Penelope Wilson, 18th July 2026 We were delighted to host Penny Wilson for this lecture – her second visit to the Hapy Society. Setting the scene, she explained how the temple was the home of the god, a pure place where the king – or his designated deputies, the priests – could interact with […]
A History of Canopic Jars
An online talk By Diana Hayden on the development of the use of canopic jars 14th June 2026 The talk traced the development of canopic jars throughout the history of ancient Egypt. It began with the uninscribed, flat headed jars of the Old Kingdom and the earliest evidence of a mummy’s preserved human tissue in […]
The Ancient Egyptian Harem: Drudgery or Debauchery?
With this very captivating title, during his lecture on 9 May 2026, Dylan Bickerstaffe led us into varied aspects of the topic: from discussions about the definition of a harem, its roles and functions throughout ancient Egypt’s history straight into harem conspiracies. The large audience learned that harem women were very respected for their skills […]
Refugees for Eternity
Author: Dylan Bickerstaffe The book Refugees for Eternity, of which this is Part Four, came into being as a result of studies I conducted into a strange mummy – identified only by the title of Unknown Man ‘E’ – that was discovered in the Royal Cache tomb alongside many famous kings and queens from Ancient […]
An Ancient Egyptian Case Book
Author: Dylan Bickerstaffe After meticulously measuring the Giza pyramids, over several months in 1880-1, the young William Mathews Flinders Petrie found that he had disproved Piazzi Smyth’s supposed relationship between the perimeter of the Great Pyramid and the precise number of days in the year (365.76). In his report, The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh, […]
Canopic Jars and Vessels
Sunday 14th June 2006, 5pm on Zoom This talk will be illustrated by pictures from Egyptian tombs and museums around the world. It will explore the history and development of the canopic vessels used to preserve the internal organs of a mummified person and discuss a number of issues they raise including: Why are there […]
Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries
Authors: Stephanie Boonstra and Campbel Price An essential guide to the history of ancient Egypt through the lens of 50 fascinating discoveries made in the first century of excavations by the Egypt Exploration Society. Ancient Egypt is as popular as its image is enduring and recognisable. But the concept of ancient Egypt has been formed […]
Cleopatra in English Literature
Tuesday 21st April 2026, 6pm on Zoom Cleopatra has been portrayed many times in art, plays and films, but what about in literature? This presentation will cover English authors from Chaucer to Tennyson, with a nod to writers of the emperor Augustus’s time and the 14th-century Italian Boccaccio. There will be short readings from those […]
A Concise Dictionary
Author: Raymond O Faulkner This concise dictionary of ‘Middle Egyptian’ – that phase of the Ancient Egyptian language which had the widest general application – contains 5400 carefully selected words most likely to be encountered by students and scholars in the course of their regular work on Egyptian texts. Each entry gives the most common […]