Baboons in Ancient Egyptian Art and Religion
On the 14th May 2024 , Diana Hayden, one of our members, gave a fascinating talk, online, to the Society’s Members. Our thanks to Diana for sharing with us a really interesting talk with dozens of wonderful images from the whole breadth of Ancient Egyptian culture. She traced the importance of the baboon back to […]
Ian Trumble – Threads through time: Textiles and Beliefs in Ancient Egypt
This was Ian’s second visit to the Hapy Society and this time he was really focusing on what makes Bolton Museum famous – it’s huge collection of Egyptian textiles. Surprisingly, perhaps, the textile collection at the Bolton Museum is recognised as the best collection in the world, outside Egypt! We are therefore very fortunate to […]
Sarah Griffiths – Egypt’s Middle Kingdom: Conflict, Murder and a Cultural Golden Age
Alright, admit it! Who had heard of Mentuhotep II before this lecture? And, if you did know of Mentuhotep II, the great unifier of Egypt around 2000BC, did you also know of Mentuhotep III and IV? And what about Amenemhat I, II, III and IV, or Senusret I, II or III? Not forgetting Sobekneferu, the […]
Petrie Museum Visit – 1st May 2024
Having first assembled at the Friends House cafe (I highly recommended it) the Petrie Museum was but a short walk away. There we were met by a young lady called Uzma Haque, who was to be our very well-informed guide on a tour specially laid on for us. What was particularly fascinating about this collection […]
Review of Dr. Stephen Buckley’s lecture: Egyptian Mummification – From the Stone Age to the Modern Age
We at the Hapy Society have been blessed, over the last few years, by the quality of the talks given by our visiting speakers. That given by Dr. Stephen Buckley, from York University, was no exception. Dr. Buckley’s topic centred on mummification in ancient Egypt, and he gave us a fascinating insight into the techniques […]
Review of Christiane’s lecture on the goddess Neith – Sun 14th May
Members’ regular online Zoom talks are a very enjoyable and informal way to find out more about aspects of life in Ancient Egypt. In May Christiane Cartwright gave us an insight into the magical world of the fearsome and powerful goddess Neith, and the real-life Egyptian queens who took her name. We found out that […]
Review of Bolton Museum Visit – Wed 28th June
What an impressive collection and thoughtful presentation of ancient Egyptian artefacts!During our visit, Ian Trumble, the Curator for Archaeology, Egyptology and World Cultures at Bolton Museum took the group around the exhibition on an impressive tour through history. We learned about the close connection between Bolton and excavations in Egypt in the 19th and 20th […]