Beyond Beginners Ancient Egyptian #Hieroglyphs Joseph Clayton 📅 1-29 Sep ⏰ 6pm 🇬🇧 8pm 🇪🇬 Build on the basics of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, or refresh your previous knowledge, and read common inscriptions found on monuments and in museums. 🎫 www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

📢🚨We’re looking for an experienced Project Evaluator to work with us on the delivery of our ‘Building the Future’ redevelopment project, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Click the link below for details and how to apply! ℹ️ www.ees.ac.uk/resource/we-... ⏰ 5pm on Monday 24 August

Every EES subscription helps preserve and share Egypt's extraordinary cultural heritage. (Re)join today from £55 per year or just £5 per month, and enjoy exclusive member benefits from discounted events and books to the latest Egyptological updates. 👉 www.ees.ac.uk/support-us/m...

Learn about ART.173, a watercolour painting by Alice Grace Elizabeth Carthew, as July's highlight of #ADozenDiscoveries on Facebook/Instagram. Records of ancient Egyptian artefacts in @theees.bsky.social archive ensure they remain accessible to all, supporting ongoing scholarship worldwide.

#DidYouKnow some of the earliest and most fundamental concepts of time measurement are first recorded in #Egypt? Join our upcoming course: Stars and Time in #AncientEgypt, starting on 6 August, to explore astronomical activity and timekeeping further. #Astronomy 🎫 www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

Middle Egyptian Text Reading: Voices from the other side 📅 18, 25 July ⏰ 11am-3pm 🇬🇧 1-5pm 🇪🇬 Online via Zoom Join our weekend course to read Appeals to the Living, in hieroglyphs, in which the deceased addresses the living for offerings with Joseph Clayton. 🎫 www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

🏳️‍🌈 For #Pride, #AwayWithThePharaohs unpacked one of #Egyptology's most influential figures: Amelia Edwards 🎧 LIVE episode out now! We're reminded that those who shape disciplines are not just their achievements. They're complex people whose identities and relationships matter too.

Dina Bakhoum analyses the Comité, asking whether their work was ‘restoring’ or ‘reinventing’ monuments in Cairo. Most examples have a clear rationale, while some are more stylistic. Dina argues each is a decision with many influences, especially as they were living heritage.

Dina Bakhoum presents last for #EESFest study day on the Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe. Their aim was to record, monitor and plan repairs for any Arab monuments of Egypt with historic or artistic interest, and Dina focuses on examples of this in Cairo.

Focusing in on the Mamluk Sultans, Doris Behrens-Abouseif traces the modifications made to various shrines and mosques of their predecessors. The range of Sultan’s respectful or disrespectful attitudes are seen to correlate with the preservation vs innovation of these monuments.

#EESFest study day continues with @theees.bsky.social President Doris Behrens-Abouseif, who presents the architectural conservation and cultural memory in the Mamluk Era. Medieval Egypt’s links to ancient Egypt are first contextualised through various examples of reuse (see columns below)

This brings up questions: what should archaeologists choose to preserve? What is lost in the process? Jennifer Cromwell urges us to consider these, but also the importance of archives to help us reconstruct this and other Coptic monuments that no longer exist due to focus on pharaonic material.

Our next speaker of #EESFest study day, Jennifer Cromwell discusses EES excavations at Deir el-Bahari and how the Coptic monastery of Apa Phoibammon was cleared with minimal records. Naville makes cursory mention of its removal and Carter took photographic records (see below).

In this presentation, Campbell Price argues that the reuse of monuments and masonry highlights a dynamic relationship in ancient Egypt, not necessarily usurping, as these acts of incorporation would reactivate the past through active use!

Our #EESFest Study Day starts with Campbell Price presenting the preservation of the Pharaonic Past. Of course, Prince Khaemwaset, and his ‘restoration’ works at Saqqara, features as a main topic of this discussion with arguably “the largest museum label in the world” (see below)!

Join us for our final #EESFest event tomorrow from 1pm🇬🇧3pm🇪🇬 Our Hybrid Study Day: ‘Preserving’ Egyptian Heritage: A Tale as Old as Time? will unpack what ‘preservation’ really means, and to what extent heritage continues to inform our future. Book now: www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

Our #ADozenDiscoveries for June is a photo negative from Mahasna during the 1908-09 excavation season (AB-MAH.NEG.010). These records provide snapshots of features as they were found, informing on potential storage and deposition practices. ℹ️ Check out our Facebook or Instagram

It's the final week of #EESFest! Help us reach our fundraising goal by donating directly to our Building the Future campaign: www.ees.ac.uk/our-cause/bu... Don't miss your chance to get involved in one of our final events and visit us before our redevelopment: www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

📚Own a piece of Egyptological history! @theees.bsky.social Hybrid Auction 2026 next Wednesday is packed with remarkable books, including signed and out-of-print copies. Whether you're looking to add to your collection or find a gift for a fellow enthusiast, there's plenty to tempt you!

Read the full #EgyptianArchaeology review of 'Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries' by Joann Fletcher here: www.ees.ac.uk/resource/anc... Buy your copy now: www.ees.ac.uk/resource/anc... ❗️Use code EESFEST-26 for 26% off until 31 Aug❗️ @isdistribution.bsky.social

"By discussing these 50 finds individually, in chronological order... the book clearly demonstrates how the Society’s excavations and epigraphic work have significantly advanced our understanding of Egypt’s ancient history." – Joann Fletcher on 'Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries', EA 68

A Night with Amelia Edwards in Bolton 📅 Friday 19 June⏰6pm🇬🇧 Join a lecture on Amelia B Edwards' life by @cgraves88.bsky.social, followed by a film screening of 'For the Love of Egypt' hosted by Joann Fletcher, and finishing with a reception in Bolton Museum. Book now: www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

Lessons in Egyptian Epigraphy: From Carter to Caminos @cgraves88.bsky.social will present a history of epigraphy through @theees.bsky.social excavations, focusing on Ricardo Caminos, on Saturday at 2pm🇬🇧Online via Zoom! Join this SAES fundraiser to support #EESFest! ℹ️ www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

Online Course: The Valley of the Kings: Its Life and Afterlife 📅2-30 July⏰6pm🇬🇧8pm🇪🇬Online via Zoom Explore the origins, development and decline of this royal burial ground with Nicholas Brown, including the community of workers who built the tombs. 🎫 buff.ly/wSjlATW

We're halfway through #EESFest, but we're not slowing down! Next week, we're excited for our LIVE recording of #AwayWithThePharaohs, Supper Club with Chef Seif El Sobky, Virtual #Quiz Night, and we'll be at the Lamb's Conduit Street Summer Fair on Saturday! ℹ️ buff.ly/DPdOwSS

#AwayWithThePharaohs (LIVE!) for #Pride! Host Charlotte Jordan and special guest Carl Graves will unpack how Amelia B. Edwards' relationships with women may have been responsible for her founding of British #Egyptology as we know it. Join us on Tuesday: buff.ly/EeH5Kf3

Our latest list with the current highest bids for our Book Auction is available! For this final week of advance bids before our live Auction, we've added a special selection of SIGNED BOOKS from supporters of our Building the Future campaign. View lots: www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...

Publish your research on Egyptian or Sudanese cultural heritage in #EgyptianArchaeology to reach a broad readership passionate about the topic! ℹ️ www.ees.ac.uk/our-cause/pu... ⏰ Next deadline extended to 15 July! 📸 Shoshenq III's Great Gate at Tanis, EA 68 (Frédéric Payraudeau ©MFFT)

Behind the Scenes brings together work by Egyptian artists to explore the central (yet sometimes hidden) role of Egyptian labour in archaeology and the tourism industry. Curator’s Corner gives you the unique chance to view the exhibition with Halima on hand for questions!

Join us this Friday from 3-5pm for Curator’s Corner with Halima Ibrahim, the curator of the ‘Behind the Scenes’ photography exhibition presented in collaboration with Hekayyatna. #exhibition #photography #Egypt #whatsonlondon #EESFest