Our next meeting is on Mon 9th December and it’s our annual Bob Partridge Egyptology Lecture.
Michael Tunnicliffe will be giving a lecture on The Amarna Letters – The Canaan Corrrespondence – a story of deception, back stabbing and intrigue!
All welcome 7pm doors open. Lecture 7:45 to 9pm. Pendulum Hotel / Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB.
Join us on Monday 11th November when Roger Forshaw will give us what should be a fascinating lecture: “The City of Naukratis during the Saite Period: The Shanghai of Ancient Egypt”.
Pendulum Hotel / Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB
From 7pm – everyone welcome!
Welcome to the start of the MAES new season! We kick off on Monday 9th September with a fantastic lecture by our Chair Peter Phillips. If you can’t tell your closed bud lotus from an open palmiform capital fear not! Peter will reveal all!
Pendulum Hotel / Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB
From 7pm – everyone welcome!
Akhenaten – photo RBP
Saturday 16th- Sunday 17th November 2019
Tutor Michael Tunnicliffe presents a study of the Amarna period of Akhenaten and Nefertiti including study of the Amarna Letters
Venue: Palace Hotel Buxton (full board included in price).
Click here for further details or call 01625 523 923
Mummy found recently at Dashur. Image: MSA
Mummies, ancient jewellery, New Kingdom queens, battles in the Delta, sex and death in Roman Egypt….it’s all coming in the new season of the Manchester Ancient Egypt Society!
Check out and download the new programme on our website here
Join us on Monday 9th September at the Manchester Conference Centre / Pendulum Hotel on Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB.
Early start to our June meeting! Please arrive by 7pm!
7:30pm prompt Anna Garnett will be talking about The Petrie Museum: Past, Present and Future – the finale to our 2018-19 season!
The AGM will follow straight after – normal finish 9pm. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Thutmose III
We’ve two great lectures to go before our summer break:
Monday 20th May Myriam Seco Álvarez: The Temple of Millions of Years of Thutmose III at Luxor
Monday 10th June Anna Garnett: The Petrie Museum – Past, Present and Future PLUS AGM
But have no fear – we have a full programme of great lectures coming up from September – take a sneak preview here
Myriam Seco Álvarez
Join us on Monday 20th May to find out all about this fantastic project.
Myriam Seco Álvarez is flying in from Seville to tell us about the latest progress and updates on her project working at the Thutmose III Temple of Millions of Years at Luxor.
7pm Manchester Conference Centre / Pendulum Hotel, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB. All welcome!
This Monday, Mark Collier from the University of Liverpool exploring the development of Ancient Egyptian, the language with the longest recorded history in the world! No prior knowledge of hieroglyphs required! All welcome.
Monday 8th April 7:30pm Manchester Conference Centre / Pendulum Hotel, Sackville Street, Manchester, M3 1BB.
Saturday 30th March 9:30 – 16:30 at the Longfield Suite, Prestwich
Join MAES for an exciting study day focusing on domestic life in ancient Egypt, including houses and their constructions, woodworking techniques in furniture construction, household roles, family life, food and drink and domestic textiles.
Guest speakers: Geoffrey Killen (Egyptologist and Furniture historian); Peter Philips (Editor Ancient Egypt Magazine ), Joyce Tyldesley (Reader in Egyptology, University of Manchester) & Regina De Giovanni (specialist in domestic Egyptan textiles).
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