2025-03 The Human Brain in Ancient Egypt
Lecturer: Sofia Aziz – Biomedical Egyptologist, author and broadcaster Date & Time: Saturday June 7th starting at 4:15pm Location: Cooper Art Gallery Sofia 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 – 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: St Thomas’s Community Centre, Church Street, Gawber, Barnsley, S75 2RL 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 […]
2024-06 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 Views: […]
2024-05 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 Views: 47
2024-04 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 […]
2024-03 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 […]
2024-02 Threads through time: Textiles and Beliefs in Ancient Egypt
Lecturer: Ian Trumble – Curator of Bolton Museum Date & Time : Saturday 13th April 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 Views: 55
2024-01 Egypt’s Middle Kingdom: Conflict, Murder and a Cultural Golden Age
Lecturer: Sarah Griffiths – Curator of the Manchester Egyptology Society Date & Time : Saturday 17th February 2024 @ 4:15pm Synopsis : The Middle Kingdom, seen as Egypt’s classical period for art, history and literature, began with the rise of a warrior king who reunified Egypt, re-established the country’s prosperity and international standing, and whose […]