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Photos from the 2024 Society Egyptian tour

2024 Chairman’s Update

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It has been a good start to the year and a memorable one for the small party (10 of us) who made it to Egypt for a two-week tour of some of the most important sites. Ten days in Luxor were followed by three full days in Cairo. The programme was very full as you...

The Tomb of Nefertari

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It was great, once again, to welcome our friend John Johnson from the Horus Society to deliver our February lecture and to see such a good turnout for it. John delivered his talk in his usual inimical style, with an equal measure of humour and enthusiasm. His subject, the Tomb of Nefertari, reflected John’s special…

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A Timeline of Egypt

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From crude drawings on a rock to the sophistication of Cleopatra’s court, our chairman Andrew Ward traversed 3,000 years of Egyptian history and culture, pointing out notable events and artefacts along the way. The main purpose of this was to see these things in a historical context and to appreciate the great span of time…

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Displaced: From the Nile to the Derwent. Museum Trip Review

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Visit to the Egyptology Special Exhibition at the Derby Museum. On Wednesday the 20th November, a small and committed group made its way to the Derby museum to visit the special exhibition. Despite very bad traffic, the journey was well worth it and we were rewarded with a stimulating and poignant experience. The 80 or…

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Secret Signs: Decoding the Cryptography of Egyptian Texts

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Many of us have had fun trying to detangle and translate hieroglyphs on Andy’s online courses*, but Dr Penny Wilson’s talk on Nov 16th was a stimulating reminder that hieroglyphs aren’t just an alphabet, but a powerful and flexible symbolic language. She explored decorations on temples and tombs and showed us how certain signs were…

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The History of the Rosetta Stone Rebellion

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On Saturday the 12th October Dr. Jay Silverstein, lecturer at Nottingham Trent University gave a wide ranging and fascinating talk about the context for the production of the world-famous Rosetta Stone. His lecture gave a brief summary of the history of the way in which the Greeks came to rule Egypt following the defeat by…

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Detectives, Death and Debutantes: Agatha Christie and Egypt

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Four times Agatha Christie turned to Egypt for inspiration, or five if we include an unpublished novel Snow upon the Desert. This we learned from a most informative talk given by member Helen Fryer. Though she spent more time in Syria and Iraq with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan, helping him with his finds, Christie…

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2024-06 Secret Signs: Decoding the Cryptography of Egyptian Texts

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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

2024-05 The History of the Rosetta Stone Rebellion

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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

2024-04 Can Mummies Tell us about Health and Disease in Ancient Egypt?

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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 from his research, he will explain what can and can’t be revealed by using CAT scans, and he will explore several of the many conditions which were part of everyday life in Ancient Egypt. As a retired surgeon and a research Egyptologist, Dr Loynes is in a unique position to give an authoritative view on this fascinating subject and to open an evidence-based window on the lives of those who were so determined to preserve their mortal remains

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

2024-08 Egyptian Mathematics in Pharaonic Times

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When: 16th July at 7:30pm

Where: Online (Zoom)

Tony Watson, one of our members, presents a talk entitled “Egyptian Mathematics in Pharaonic Times”. It should be very enlightening and interesting.