Wirral Ancient Egypt Society

LECTURE PROGRAMME 2012

9th January

Monday 2pm

Dr Ashley Cooke

Curator of Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities,

Liverpool World Museum

Rebuilding Liverpool's blitzed collections

13th February

Monday 2pm

Ken Griffin

University of Swansea

The rekhyt-people and the things they do: Popular worship in ancient Egypt Tomb Art

12th March

Monday 2pm

Dr Penny Wilson

Department of Archaeology

University of Durham & Field Director at Sais

Saite Power: How to succeed after invasion, economic collapse and religious orthodoxy in Late Period Egypt

4th April

Wednesday 7.30pm

Steve Cross

Liverpool Geological Society

past advisor to SCA in the Valley of the Kings

Excavating in the Valley of the Kings

14th May

Monday 2pm

Carol Andrews

former Assistant Keeper at the British Museum & lecturer at Birkbeck College, London

Humour in ancient Egypt

11th June

Monday 2pm

Anna Garnett

SACE

University of Liverpool

Gods, Soldiers and Pioneers: The re-discovery of Kendal Museum's Egyptology Collection

9th July

Monday 2pm

Dr Birgitta Hoffman
Roman Gask Project, SACE

University of Liverpool

Guarding the road from Koptos. A look at the Roman army in the Eastern Desert

13th August

Monday 2pm

Dr Angela Me Donald

Co-ordinator for AC&E for Adult and Continuing Education University of Glasgow

Fighting for the Family: Exploring ancient Egyptian letters to the dead

5th September

Wednesday 7.30pm

Dr Jacky Finch

KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology

University of Manchester

The ancient Egyptian headrest: Form, symbolism and magic

8th October

Monday 2pm

Dr Joyce Tyldesley

Senior lecturer in Egyptology University of Manchester & Honorary Research Fellow, SACE, University of Liverpool

Tutankhamun

12th November

Monday 2pm

Dr Dorothy Downes

President of the Society

The rise of Karnak

10th December

Monday 2pm

Bursary Student

Leccture on their current work

AGM

Members only