The House of Hatiay – A high status Amarna Villa
On the 9th March Ian Trumble, curator at the Bolton Museum came to speak to the Society at the Cooper Gallery. Ian started by giving some basic background to the Amarna period which helped to put the archaeological findings in context. He explained the changes in artistic styles and the new temple layouts which were […]
Egypt 2026 Slide Show
28th February 2026 at 4.15pm Follow the adventures of ten of our members as they took a trip down the Nile this year to explore historic sites, with a bit of belly dancing thrown in. On this occasion, friend and relatives of members are welcome to view too. Views: 18
Deir el-Medina
The ancient Egyptian pyramids, temples and tombs were not, as previously thought, built by slaves, but by skilled and valued workmen. There are several surviving villages where these workmen lived while they were working on large projects. In her lecture The Life of Tomb Builders at Deir el-Medina Hazel McGuinness, secretary of the Horus Egyptology […]
06 – Jay Silverstein (title TBA)
Date: 28th November 2026 Dr Jay Silverstein is the Module Leader for Forensic Bioarchaeology and the Postgraduate Year Tutor for MSc students at Nottingham Trent University. Views: 26
05 – The Tombs of Senenmut
Campbell Price 17th October Senenmut, the famed architect and steward to Queen Hatshepsut, had two tombs constructed in the Theban Necropolis. Neither was fully completed, and his actual resting place remains a mystery. Dr Campbell Price is Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum, University of Manchester. Views: 26
04 – How to Organize a Temple – Some Rules for the Temples at Edfu and Luxor
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 […]
03 – The Ancient Egyptian Harem – Drudgery or Debauchery?
Dylan Bickerstaffe 9th May, St Gawber’s Church Hall, 4:15pm Access to the pharaoh’s harem was strictly controlled and as such it remained a place of mystery. Did it deserve its reputation as a place of debauchery or was it simply place where the king’s wives and children were kept? Egyptologist, lecturer and writer Dylan Bickerstaffe […]
02 – The House of Hatiay – a Luxury Amarna Villa
Lecturer: Ian Trumble Date: 7th March 2026 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. Hatiay was the overseer of works to Akhenaten. He helped the pharaoh to realize his dream of building a […]
01 – The Life of the Tomb Builders at Deir el-Medina
Date: Saturday 24th January 2026 Location: St Thomas’s Church Hall, 89 Church St, Gawber, S75 2RL Tickets: £15 (£14 for members) are available at the Cooper Gallery in Church Street. They can also be reserved by calling the Gallery on 01226 775678. The remarkable remains of the tomb builders’ dwellings from over 3,000 years ago […]
The Egyptian Labyrinth
Dr Chris Naunton, 22nd November 2025 ‘There are also double sets of chambers, three thousand altogether, fifteen hundred above and the same number underground.’ (Herodotus, Book II, 148) This lecture, which was held at St Thomas’s Community Centre – a location that was labyrinthine for a few of us in terms of finding it – […]