On Saturday 17th October, the Museum hosted an ancient Egyptian Big Saturday looking at technology, with everything from mummifying oranges to making faience and constructing a shaduf.
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Big Saturday Oct 2009: Ancient Egyptian Technology
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Building pyramids and mummifying oranges…
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on October 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Big Saturday: Ancient Egyptian Technology
Saturday 17th October, 11am-4pm
Smash pots, learn to apply Egyptian eye make -up and how to make faience, build a pyramid and a shaduf, mummify an orange, with story telling, object handling and much much more, at The Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
Free entry
Curator’s Diary, Wednesday 7th October 2009
Posted in Curator's Diary, Egypt events at the Manchester Museum, Egypt gallery redevelopment on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We hosted the Egypt in its African Context event at The Manchester Museum last weekend, 3-4
October 2009, and heard papers from scholars from the United States, Nigeria, Spain and the UK, discussing the African cultural aspects of ancient Egypt, with much hearty debate. The event included a wine reception and a screening of the documentary [...]
Egypt in its African Context: Programme
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The programme for the Egypt in its African Context event to be held at The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, 3-4 October 2009, is now available:
Egypt in its African Context programme
The event will be of interest to anyone interested in ancient Egypt and the Sudan, African Studies, Black History and museums.
Soldiers, Sailors and Sandalmakers…
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Soldiers, Sailors and Sandalmakers. A Social Reading of Ramesside Period Votive Stelae (London: Golden House Publications) ISBN 978-1-906137-10-6 £30
I’m back in after my break to the good news that my book is out…
The book looks at how votive stelae from five Ramesside period sites, including Deir el-Medina, Abu Simbel and Pi-Ramesses, might be linked to [...]
The Pharaohs, by Joyce Tyldesley
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Pharaohs (Quercus, £20.00)
Dr Joyce Tyldesley directs and teaches the online Certificate in Egyptology, based at the KNH-centre for Biomedical and Forensic Egyptology, and also works on Egypt-related programmes at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester. Her new book offers compelling profiles of the great kings of Egypt together with an exploration of aspects of [...]
Certificate in Egyptology graduation ceremony July 2009
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The 2009 graduates of the Online Certificate in Egyptology, directed by Professor Rosalie David and taught by Dr Joyce Tyldesley, had their graduation ceremony at the Museum last Friday afternoon. In the photo you will see the graduating students, together with Rosalie David in the centre and Joyce Tyldesley to her right, and the course [...]
Egypt in its African Context webpage
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The webpage is now available for the Egypt in its African Context event to be held at The Manchester Museum on the 3-4 October 2009:
http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/collection/ancientegypt/conference/
- or click on the link on the right hand side of this blog.
EES Annual Conference 2009: New Explorations
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
20-21 June 2009
The Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
The Egypt Exploration Society’s annual conference this year presents recent fieldwork by its field directors, including the work at Tell Basta (ancient Bubastis), the Dakhleh Oasis, Memphis and Saqqara and survey work at Karnak. The conference includes a wine reception on [...]
Ancient Egypt Study Day at The Manchester Museum
Posted in Egypt events at the Manchester Museum on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT: A GLIMPSE BEHIND THE SCENES
Saturday 16th May 2009, 9.45 am – 4.30 pm
The Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
- Just a few places left!
Cost £35; limited number of concessions at £20, includes lunch and refreshments
Speakers: Karen Exell, Steven Snape, Joyce Tyldesley
Please contact Phyllis Stoddart on 0161 275 2643 [...]
