Dr Edward Scrivens

Small London exhibition looks at the legacy of two Queens of ancient Egypt In a city full of big exhibitions, sometimes it's the smallest that delights the most, and few are smaller and more delightful than this small glass case in the Egypt Exploration Society.

‘In a city full of big exhibitions, sometimes it’s the smallest that delights the most…’

A lovely surprise to see that my spotlight exhibit at @theees.bsky.social has been featured on London institution IanVisits!
#egyptology #archives #museums #heritage #Hatshepsut #Nefertiti #archaeology

YouTube video by Science Factory Unplanned Visit, Unexpected Stories – At the EES with Dr Scrivens

I had a great time showing Alicia round @theees.bsky.social for the Science Factory #podcast! Check it out for a peak inside the EES, a chat about #Hatshepsut and #Nefertiti, and to hear stories of life at the Society and our plans for the future!

#egyptology #archaeology #heritage #archives

Bonus: Me as an orange

I had the best time last night at Snapchat’s London HQ for the launch of Bettany Hughes’ new #documentary series ‘Seven Wonders of the Ancient World’! The series looks brilliant, with an exciting use of #augmentedreality to bring these monuments to life.

#ancienthistory #popularhistory #archaeology

Honoured to be invited to the residence of His Excellency the Egyptian Ambassador in celebration of Egypt’s National Day 🇪🇬

#Egypt #Heritage #Egyptology #Embassy

In honour of #worldUFOday, here’s an old video essay of mine. 4 years old but it bears repeating: ‘Ancient Aliens is Racist’.

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#archaeology #history #racisim #colonialism #ancientaliens #ancientastronauts #atlantis #conspiracytheories #pseudoarchaeology

My offering this #MonumentMonday comes from yesterday’s visit to the Iron Age hut circles of Tŷ Mawr, Anglesey.

#archeology #history #wales #anglesey #heritage

Hatshepsut and Nefertiti: Two Women Who Changed Egypt Edward Scrivens steps into the EES archives to discover the stories of two groundbreaking female rulers

Check out my new piece for @theees.bsky.social, in which I search for stories of the groundbreaking female rulers #Hatshepsut and #Nefertiti among the EES’ amazing archival collections. #egypt #egyptology #archaeology #archives #history #heritage

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Not to say brat was written about me but I’m considering having a coffee after 6pm

The art deco entrance hall of Eltham Palace.

The extravagant bathroom of Lady Virginia Courtauld, complete with a marble bathtub set into a gold-tiled niche in the wall, overlooked by a statue of Psyche.

The great hall at Eltham Palace. The original was built by Edward IV in the late 1470s; the Courtaulds restored it when they did their art deco revamp of the palace.

A wall moulding showing a male Egyptian-esque figure, captioned as ‘The Ancient World’. The proportions of the figure’s body may suggest it was inspired by art of the Amarna period.

Went on a little jaunt to Eltham Palace today! Art Deco meets medieval, with what looks to be an Amarna-inspired embodiment of ‘the ancient world’ as an Egyptianising figure. @englishheritage.bsky.social #history #heritage #architecture #egypt #egyptology #1930s #egyptomania #london

I recently got back from a trip to Crete, where I took a turn around ancient Aptera - cisterns and bathhouses and theatres, oh my!

#archaeology #history #crete #greece #greek #hellenistic #roman

Happy Sunday from my leafy little corner of southeast London

A relief depicting the female king Hatshepsut running during the Sed festival, taken from her ‘Red Chapel’ at the Karnak temple complex. She is running alongside the sacred Apis bull, an embodiment of the god Ptah.

It’s #LondonMarathon day, which is kinda like the Egyptian Sed festival on a huge scale. The ‘Heb Sed’ was held on the king’s 30th jubilee (then every 3 years) to ritually renew their rule. The pharaoh ran a course representing the borders of #Egypt, symbolising dominion over the country. #history

Coptic icon depicting St George riding a white horse. Beneath the feet of the horse is a dragon into whose mouth St George drives a spear or lance.

Stone carving (perhaps part of a window) showing a falcon-headed human riding on a horse. The figure drives a spear into a crocodile positioned beneath the horse’s feet. It has been suggested that the horseman represents Horus, the Egyptian god of kingship and the sky, and that the crocodile might be his rival the chaotic god Seth. The object is provenanced to the Nubian site of Faras and dates to the 4th Century CE.

Happy #StGeorgesDay to folks marking it! St George is venerated as ‘The Prince of the Martyrs’ in the #Egyptian Coptic Church. Some say his famous dragon-slaying depictions draw on ancient models, such as this Nubian carving of Horus as a Roman horseman spearing a crocodile. #history #archaeology

Happy Easter to those celebrating!

Some timely words from Judith Butler.

My partner and I watched it over the past year as we were living round the corner from Conan Doyle’s old house! We moved the other day and when we were outside that house I played the Sherlock title music as farewell salute 🔍

Very excited to receive my reviewer copy of ‘Thutmose III and Hatshepsut: Their Lives and Afterlives’ by Aidan Dodson and @aucpress.bsky.social! Catch my review in the autumn issue of Egyptian Archeology magazine from @theees.bsky.social

#egyptology #ancientegypt #newbook #history #archaeology

You may well believe you have seen this post earlier today, but all things are illusory, and I definitely know how to properly use social media platforms.

Image of the goddess Hathor with Queen Nefertari in Nefertari’s tomb (19th Dynasty). Hathor heard a red dress and her head is crowned by two cow horns with a red sun disk between them.

An image of a sheet of papyrus from the will of the Lady Naunakhte (20th Dynasty). This papyrus is displayed in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Image of the goddess Neith from the tomb of Queen Nefertari (19th Dynasty). She wears a beaded dress and on her head is a lozenge-shaped symbol thought to represent two bows.

Happy #mothersday to the Mums, whether your current vibe is the joyous wine-sated mother #goddess Hathor, or the Lady Naunakhte whose will cuts off the kids who annoyed her. And if your relationship with your mother is hard, I salute your inner Neith, self-created mother of the universe. #egyptology

Eid Mubarak to all celebrating! 🌙 ✨

The Egypt Exploration Society Explore The Egypt Exploration Society’s 34,115 photos on Flickr!

Explore some gems from the EES archive on our Flickr account!

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Working on a little something at @theees.bsky.social, have loved spending time in the #archive with materials like these beautiful 19th Century #watercolours of fragments from Deir el-Bahari. Made by Rosalind F. E. Paget, one of the many #women whose work has shaped #Egyptology.

Looking forward to talking all things #goddess tomorrow in my lecture for the Southampton #AncientEgypt society!

Seen the exciting news of Thutmose II?

@theees.bsky.social members heard it first!

In 2023, Piers Litherland shared the #discovery of this #pharaoh's tomb in #EgyptianArchaeology 63!

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It’s a dark and wet Monday morning here in London, so here are some photos from a bright wintery walk in my local park the other day. Did you know that London is one of the world’s largest urban forests?

#greenspace #woods #trees #nature #winter #London

A brightly painted stone effigy over the tomb of John Gower in Southwark Cathedral, London.

A painted stone effigy over the tomb of Lancelot Andrewes in Southwark Cathedral, London.

Met some historical movers and shakers today when visiting Southwark Cathedral! John Gower (1327-1408) was an early English poet, a chum of Chaucer who was acquainted with Richard II and Henry IV. Lancelot Andrewes (1555-1626) was on the team that translated the King James Bible.
#history #london

So as you can see, time has always been something of an illusion, the end of the year doubly so.

#egypt #egyotology #history #time #calendar #newyear #twixmas

Statue of the goddess Sekhmet, who has a human female body and a lioness’ head

In many cultures, the ‘in-between’ times and places can be magical but also dangerous. Sekhmet, goddess of war and disease, was powerful during the epagomenal days. Maybe that’s why I’ve been nursing a festive cold, in punishment for too much frivolous tree-decorating and not enough offerings.

Images of the gods Osiris (top left), Horus (top right), and Seth (bottom left), and the goddesses Isis (bottom middle) and Nephthys (bottom right)

So what about the other 5 days observable in the solar year? The Egyptians stuck them onto the end of the calendar - Egyptologists call them the epagomenal days. The days were given a sacred meaning, each being the birthday of an important deity: 1) Osiris, 2) Horus, 3) Seth, 4) Isis, 5) Nephthys.