Our final MAES meeting of the season is this Monday on zoom and all are welcome!

Monday 10th July on Zoom – Doors open 7:30pm (GMT+1)

Lucia Gahlin: Ancient Egyptian Artistry in Glass

The ancient Egyptians began making glass in the 18th Dynasty (c 1450 BC) following the introduction of the technique from Syria – a result of the great warrior pharaoh Thutmose III’s military campaigns in that part of the ancient world. The Egyptians were soon adept at producing a range of object types in coloured glass. In this lecture Lucia will explore how the ancient Egyptians produced glass objects and the wonderful range of object types, including vessels, inlay, beads, amulets, figures and even headrests. She will examine the developments in glass manufacture from the New Kingdom (15^th century BC) through to the Roman Period in Egypt (1^st century AD), and will show images of many of the vibrantly coloured glass objects surviving from ancient Egypt.

Lucia’s most recent position has been Honorary Research Associate at University College London’s Institute of Archaeology. She has taught for a number of UK universities including London, Bristol and Exeter. She lectures widely, leads tours to Egypt, and gives guided tours of museums with Egyptian collections. She has worked at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology in London, and continues to teach in this museum. She chairs the Friends of the Petrie Museum and is a former Director of Bloomsbury Summer School and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society.  She has also worked as Small Finds Registrar at the archaeological site of Tell el-Amarna in Egypt, and is author of books including “Egypt: Gods, Myths and Religion”. 

The lecture is free for MAES members who will receive a link via email. Guests welcome (£5) via Eventbrite. We look forward to seeing you on Monday!