Egypt in the Old Kingdom at World Museum, Liverpool

Dr Ashley Cooke 

Monday 8th December  2pm    members only
 
During the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2125 BC), Egypt’s core institutions, practices, beliefs, and monuments took on the forms that would define its civilization for millennia. Through selected artefacts from the antiquities collections of World Museum this lecture will explore the rich culture of this period.  

Dr Ashley Cooke is Head of World Museum, home to one of the UK's largest and most significant collections of Egyptian antiquities. He has worked with Egyptian collections in museums for over twenty years and has over ten years of fieldwork experience at five archaeological sites across Egypt. He earned his PhD in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool in 2006, the same year he was appointed Curator of Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities at World Museum



 


2026
Programme


We have an exciting and diverse series of lectures
covering a wide range of topics and these are listed below
We are having two evening Zoom on-line meeting in April & Sept

 

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January 12th , 2pm
Michael Tunnicliffe
Egypt in the Byzantine Period AD 395-640

February 9th, 2pm
Dr Gina Muskett
Royal Travellers to Egypt in the 1860s

March 9th, 2pm
Claire Ollett
Howard Carter: Wonderful Things


Wednesday April 1st Zoom 7pm
Dr Heidi Köpp-Junk
Nefertiti on her Chariot: Warfare and
Civilian Use of the Egyptian Chariot

May 11th, 2pm
Rachel Mary Wright
An Artist’s View of Amarna

June 8th, 2pm
To be confirmed

July 13th, 2pm
Dylan Bickerstaffe
The Great God Min: His Attributes, Centres,
Ceremonies and Festivals

August 10th, 2pm
Dr Joanne Backhouse
Bes: Dancer, Reveller and Demon Fighter


 Wednesday Sept 2nd Zoom 7pm
Dr Cedric Gobeil
News from inside the Tomb: The Latest Museo Egizio’s projects in and around Deir-el Medina


October 12th, 2pm
Dr Glenn Godenho
Art and Architecture at the End of the Old Kingdom


November 9th , 2pm
Dr Nicky Nielsen
New Discoveries from the City of The Snake Goddess

December 14th, 2pm
Dr Ashley Cooke
AGM, Presidential Lecture & Christmas buffet
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BOOK SALES
At each Society meeting held in Mayer Hall a selection of Egyptology books is available for sale at very reasonable prices.  

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