02 – 2025 Age of the Great Overlords – Ambitious Usurpers or Loyal Officials of the King?
Lecturer: Dr Gina Criscenzo-Laycock – Curator of the Garstang Museum of Archaeology at the University of Liverpool. Date & Time: Saturday April 12th starting at 4:15pm Location: Cooper Art Gallery An ageing leader whose sexual activities have led to falling respect for the central power. Climate change causing growing social unrest and fears. Declining confidence in the the greatness of […]
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 […]
05 – The Metallurgy of Ancient Egypt
Lecturer: Martin Odler – Egyptologist and postdoctoral researcher at Newcastle University Date & Time: Saturday October 11th starting at 4:15pm Location: Cooper Art Gallery Dr Martin Odler is currently working on a project called EgypToolWear – Metalwork Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Tools. This is a groundbreaking analysis of the function and uses of metal craft tools from late Chalcolithic and […]
04 – Disability in Ancient Egypt
Lecturer: Kyle Jordan – Egyptologist and curator Date & Time: Saturday September 6th starting at 4:15pm Location: Cooper Art Gallery Kyle Jordan is passionate about improving knowledge and understanding of disability in ancient Egypt and wider antiquity and has given many talks and papers on the subject. He has also had experience volunteering with museums, in particular the Petrie Museum […]
03 – Attitudes to the Brain in Ancient Egypt
Lecturer: Sophia Aziz – Biomedical Egyptologist, author and broadcaster Date & Time: Saturday June 7th starting at 4:15pm Location: Cooper Art Gallery Sophia Aziz is the author of The Human Brain in Ancient Egypt, which examines what the ancient Egyptian physicians understood about the workings of the brain. Her research provides new insights on mummification methods and medicine of the […]
06 – 2024 The Egyptian Labyrinth: The Middle Kingdom and the Faiyum Region
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 […]
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
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
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 […]
03 – 2024 Singing with the Dead: The Harpist’s Song in the New Kingdom
Lecturer: Dr Huw Twiston Davies – Lecturer in Egyptology at Manchester University Date & Time : Saturday 15th June 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 […]