QUEENS OF THE NEW KINGDOM:
Powerful Royal Women of the 17th to 20th Dynasties

A study day in memory of Muriel O’Shea

Join us on Saturday 21st March for an exciting study day with Dylan Bickerstaffe, Kenneth Griffen & Sarah Griffiths, focussing on the powerful royal women of the New Kingdom, including Ahmose Nefertari, Hatshepsut, Neferure, Nefertiti, Nefertari and the Harem Conspiracy against Ramesses III.

The study day will take place at the Longfield Suite, Prestwich M25 1AY. Tickets cost £40 for MAES members, £45 for non-members, and £35 for students.

Click here to download the booking form.

Our next meeting will be on Monday 13th January, when Dr Chris Naunton will talk to us about the lost tombs of Egypt.

Where are the tombs of Imhotep, Nefertiti, Alexander the Great and Cleopatra? All were buried in Egypt but despite the best efforts of some of the greats in archaeology, none of them have been found. But there are clues and in some cases archaeologists are actively searching for them. This talk explores what we know, and asks what the chances are of finding any of those missing tombs.

Dr Chris Naunton is an Egyptologist, writer and broadcaster. He has degrees from the universities of Birmingham and Swansea, has worked in the field in Abydos and Thebes, was Director of the EES from 2012-16 and President of the International Association of Egyptologists. He has appeared in several TV documentaries and his first book, “Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt” was published in 2018. His second work, “Egyptologists’ Notebooks” will be out later in 2020.

Chris will be bringing copies of his book to sign and sell so save up your Xmas prezzie money!

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!