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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · 11d

This will be a Zoom meeting with Q&A afterwards. Admission from 2.45pm UK time, the talk starts at 3pm.

Free for EEG Zoom members, £6 for guests (via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-afterl...). All welcome!

For more info: www.essexegyptology.co.uk?page_id=3757

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · 11d

Dr Campbell Price has been Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum since 2011, and he has published widely on ancient Egyptian material culture and its interpretation. His new book The High Steward Senenmut: His Life and Afterlife will be published soon (4/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · 11d

However, more than most elite ancient Egyptians, Senenmut made extensive plans for his eternal commemoration – and seems to have enjoyed an enduring reputation in some quarters long after his death. This lecture reviews the evidence for the legacy of Senenmut, in both ancient and modern times (3/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · 11d

The story of Senenmut, the highest official under the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, usually ends with the damnatio memoriae it is often assumed that he shared with his royal mistress (2/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · 11d

For our October meeting (Sunday 5th, ONLINE via Zoom) we welcome back Dr Campbell Price who will give a talk on "The Afterlives of Senenmut" (1/5)

#egyptology #ancientEgypt #senenmut #hatshepsut #ancientHistory

A close up photo of a block statue of Senenmut with princess Neferure on his lap

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Aug 23

This will be an IN PERSON meeting at Spring Lodge Community Centre, Witham, Essex. Admission from 2.45pm UK time, talk starts at 3pm.

Free for full and in-person members, £6 for non-members. All welcome!

For more info, see: www.essexegyptology.co.uk?page_id=3991

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Aug 23

Aidan Dodson is honorary Professor of Egyptology at the University of Bristol, where he has taught since 1996. He is the author of some thirty books, and his “The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt: their lives and afterlives” is due to be published by the AUC Press around the end of the year (4/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Aug 23

This talk will explore some of the strands of history of this often-ignored era of Egyptian history, including the way in which the protagonists were rediscovered by modern historians and archaeologists (3/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Libyans had been enemies of the Egyptians, with conflicts going back into the third millennium BC. Yet early in the 10th century BC the first of a long series of pharaohs of Libyan descent ascended the Egyptian throne, running through to the 7th century BC (2/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Aug 23

For our September meeting (7th September, IN PERSON), we are delighted to welcome Professor Aidan Dodson, who will give a talk on "The Libyan Pharaohs" (1/5)

The golden funerary mask of a pharaoh of Libyan descent.

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Aug 3

Nice find (and well spotted)! I wonder if the museum could advise?

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thank you! I'm (JP) looking forward to this one :)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jul 22

This will be a Zoom meeting with Q&A afterwards. Admission from 2.45pm UK time, the talk starts at 3pm.

Free for EEG Zoom members, £6 for guests (via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nefertitis...). All welcome!

For more info: www.essexegyptology.co.uk?page_id=3909

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jul 22

Dr. Jacquelyn Williamson is an Egyptologist, with a special focus on gender and religious power. Her book, "Nefertiti's Sun Temple: A New Cult Complex at Tell el-Amarna", part of Brill's Harvard Egyptology Series, was published in 2016 (4/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jul 22

This discussion will present several reconstructed scenes and inscriptions that shed light not only on Nefertiti, but also on the afterlife beliefs of the period, which are mostly unknown (3/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jul 22

Nefertiti's Sun Temple, called a "Sunshade of Re," is a fascinating puzzle. Although partially destroyed in antiquity, enough remains of its decoration to ask, and sometimes answer, new questions about the Amarna Period of ancient Egypt (2/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jul 22

Our August meeting (Sunday 3rd, ONLINE via Zoom) will feature Dr Jacquelyn Williamson giving a talk on "Nefertiti's Sun Temple: Queenship and Death at Amarna" (1/5)

#egyptology #ancientEgypt #amarna #nefertiti #ancientHistory

The head of a statue of Nefertiti, found at Amarna

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jun 29

This will be an IN PERSON meeting at Spring Lodge Community Centre, Witham, Essex. Admission from 2.45pm UK time, talk starts at 3pm.

Free for full and in-person members, £6 for non-members. All welcome!

For more info, see: www.essexegyptology.co.uk?page_id=3753

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jun 29

Lucia Gahlin is a specialist in the archaeology of Ancient Egypt and has been leading archaeological tours to Egypt for over 25 years. She has been Chair of the Friends of the Petrie Museum, a Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, and Director of Bloomsbury Summer School (4/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jun 29

This lecture will explore some of the more intriguing of the manifold scenes on the walls of the tombs of the provincial governors Khety, Baqet, and Amenemhat, and of the Mayor Khnumhotep (3/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jun 29

Vibrant painted scenes on the walls of tombs at Beni Hasan provide a window into the lives of the ancient Egyptians c2000 BC. These monuments date to a less well-known period of Egyptian history and are located in a rarely visited part of Egypt but are of artistic and historical importance (2/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · Jun 29

We are really pleased to welcome back Lucia Gahlin, who will join us at our July Meeting in Witham (6th July, IN PERSON) to give a talk on "The Colourful Tombs of Beni Hasan" (1/5)

#egyptology #ancientEgypt #ancientEgypt #archaeology #BeniHasan

Khnumhotep hunts in the marshes, standing on a boat, in a scene from his tomb at Beni Hasan

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · May 26

This will be a Zoom meeting with Q&A afterwards. Admission from 2.45pm UK time, the talk starts at 3pm.

Free for EEG Zoom members, £6 for guests (via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-karnak...). All welcome!

For more info: www.essexegyptology.co.uk?page_id=3750

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · May 26

Dr Brand is Associate professor of Ancient History and Egyptology at the University of Memphis. His ongoing research interests include epigraphy, New Kingdom monumental architecture and Ramesside history. Serving as project epigraphist and artist from 1994, he became Project Director in 2001. (4/5)

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Essex Egyptology Group @essexegyptology.bsky.social · May 26

3. To conduct scholarly research and analysis of the Hypostyle Hall to better understand those aspects of Egyptian civilization reflected in its inscriptions, including its history, religion, politics, society, and culture (3/5)

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