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Explore everything #Egypt with the EES! We promote Egyptian #archaeology and #heritage, because we envisage #Egyptian cultural heritage preserved for posterity!
@theees.bsky.social was delighted to support Prof Bettany Hughes' TV series with Sandstone Global airing on Channel 5 at 6:30pm!
Tonight, you can explore 2 ancient wonders located in #Egypt: the Great #Pyramids of Giza and the lighthouse of Alexandria. #SevenWonders
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Spotlight Lecture: The Future of Egyptology
📅Tues 5 Aug⏰6pm🇬🇧8pm🇪🇬
Based on her book with Diwan, @monicahanna.bsky.social discusses the need to critically reassess #Egyptology, through decolonisation, broader focus, and ethical and sustainable practices.
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Join our Middle Egyptian Text Reading course this Saturday!
Our first class will focus on Ahmose, son of Ebana's early career as a soldier. Read (in hieroglyphs) his perspective on the campaign against Avaris, the siege of Sharuhen and King Ahmose’s attack on Nubia.
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📜 P. Oxy. 5644 fr. 1 (enlarged)
Remember, all Members can take advantage of our 15% discount on EES publications!
Log in to our website and view your Member Homepage for more membership privileges 👇
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The Oxyrhynchus #Papyri LXXXVIII (GRM 109) presents the new AHRC-funded research project on #poetry from #Roman and #Byzantine #Egypt. New texts illustrate the variety and interest of hexameter composition in this period.
Now available to buy worldwide: www.ees.ac.uk/resource/the...
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Happy #WorldEmojiDay! If you could make a new emoji of any Egyptian wonder, what would it be? 🦁☀️🕌
Remember that EES members can still vote for our top 5️⃣ wonders of #Egypt until 31 July 🤩
VOTE NOW 🗳️ www.ees.ac.uk/member-homep...
An all-Egyptian hero; Ahmose son of Ebana
📅 26 Jul-2 Aug ⏰ 11am-3pm 🇬🇧
Read, in hieroglyphs with Joseph Clayton, the autobiography of Ahmose, son of Ebana – a professional soldier in the 18th Dynasty, as written on the walls of his tomb in El-Kab.
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#Students can access our #Library in London for 🆓
Visit us this summer for a quiet place to study surrounded by Egyptological volumes.
📍 3 Doughty Mews, London, WC1N 2PG
📅 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
⏰ 10:30-16:30 (Lunch closure 12:30-13:00)
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Dr Penelope Wilson notes that the upper phases at Sais do not have any Levantine imports.
She concludes the development of the city from an administrative centre to a walled city with less interaction with foreign cultures. #EESstudyday
Pottery fragments were scattered throughout rooms at Said, including a kitchen-style space below, suggesting more Levantine links with their material seen across the site.
It was important to deal with large pot piles and examine how they were originally created. #EESstudyday
As can be seen from the ‘Great Pit’, there is a significant gap in the history of this archaeological site between the Buto-Maadi to the Saite Period.
Dr Penelope Wilson presents the background to the rise of Sais, and what evidence does remain to learn more about this city. #EESstudyday
As can be seen from the ‘Great Pit’, there is a significant gap in the history of this archaeological site between the Buto-Maadi to the Saite Period.
Dr Penelope Wilson presents the background to the rise of Sais, and what evidence does remain to learn more about this city. #EESstudyday
Dr Penelope Wilson (EES Trustee) presents our final #EESstudyday presentation of four Delta Capitals in chronological order with Sais: The City that Overcame Instability.
The only evidence to present royal tombs at Sais takes form of a fragmentary shabti of Psamtek.
To close the third talk of the #EESstudyday, Dr Eva Lange-Athinodorou answers the question of whether there are any royal tombs at Bubastis?
Some evidence has been found for king Shoshenq II and fragments of falcon headed sarcophagi, but more excavation is need to answer this question!
To close the third talk of the #EESstudyday, Dr Eva Lange-Athinodorou answers the question of whether there are any royal tombs at Bubastis?
Some evidence has been found for king Shoshenq II and falcon headed sarcophagi, but more excavation is need to answer this question!
Dr Eva Lange-Athinodorou presents how the Tell Basta Project has used geophysical surveys to provide archaeological evidence to support the presence of sacred water channels at the temple, which were quoted by Herodotus and Papyrus Brooklyn 47.218.84, IX.7-8! #EESstudyday
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Dr Eva Lange-Athinodorou continues with the history of Bubastis itself, with early evidence from the predynastic tomb of U-j in Abydos. She also discusses various cemeteries and a palace - the best preserved example from the Middle Kingdom. #EESstudyday
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#EESstudyday returns after our break with our in person speakers. First, we consider Bubastis: City of the Feline goddess with Dr Eva Lange-Athinodorou (JEA Editor).
She introduces the link with the goddess Bastet. Interestingly, the names have different etymological origins.
Our final online presentation on Tanis for the #EESstudyday finishes with some of the scientific analyses of the site and the ongoing site management to ensure the safety and security of areas such as the royal necropolis for future generations.
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The second online talk of the #EESstudyday moves to arguably the most well-known area of Tanis: the Royal Necropolis.
He explores the Tomb of Psuesnnes, presenting the details that confirm how his sarcophagus in Tanis originally belonged to Merenptah in the Valley of the Kings.
Dr Frédéric Payraudeau continues discussing the Temple of Amun at the site, including the impressive Gate of Shoshenq III.
He also examines various fragments that have been reused in Tanis, featuring inscriptions of Ramseses II, Shoshenq I and even an obelisk of Khufu. #EESstudyday
The second Delta Capital under discussion at the #EESstudyday is Tanis, presented by Dr Frédéric Payraudeau.
He starts with a consideration of previous excavations at the site and the religious similarities with the site of Karnak.
#EESstudyday closes its first presentation with comment upon the site’s link to biblical history and Exodus, as part of the more recent history of this city.
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This presentation of the #EESstudyday continues with the life of the city after the death of Rameses II.
He presents various evidence from the Ramesside Period, as well as blocks quoting kings from the 21st Dynasty, so later royal activity is shown but not fully understood.
Dr Henning Franzmeier continues to explain the development of this city’s importance and shares the project’s latest digital reconstruction of Piramesse, which presents the large scale of this settlement during the 11th–10th Century BCE. #EESstudyday
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#EESstudyday Delta Dynasties: Cities of Power in #AncientEgypt starts with Dr Henning Franzmeier, discussing Qantir-Piramesse: The (Kind of) Short Life of an #Egyptian Capital.
He explains how this city was made a #capital and international hub through the actions of Rameses II.
Visit us for our EES Open Day on 13 September 2025 to explore this former home of American-Argentinian Egyptologist Prof Ricardo Caminos. Hear the unique story of how a personal library was converted to house @theees.bsky.social's collection of over 20,000 volumes.
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Ricardo Caminos was born on 11 July 1915! #OTD
He was a professor of Egyptology at Brown University and the Society’s epigrapher (see below) before he retired in the 1980s. For his retirement, he moved next to @theees.bsky.social, which has since become the Ricardo Caminos Memorial Library.
