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Join Amelia Edwards "A thousand miles up the Nile"
To celebrate Amelia Edwards’ blue plaque, we have been re-tracing her journey “A thousand miles up the Nile” on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Here, we recap the whole itinerary in brief.On 29...
View ArticleEES / British Council English Language Courses 2015-16
The Society is delighted to announce that it will again be providing English language tuition to Egyptian archaeologists and Egyptologists in 2015-16 thanks to the generosity of our colleagues at the...
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Get ready for the Delta Discoveries!
Discover the DeltaIt's less than three weeks to go until the London Seminar on "Delta Discoveries" following up on the fourth biennial Delta Workshop that was held in Cairo in March. If until then you...
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New archive online
Since October 2014 our volunteers have been hard at work scanning the thousands of object cards in our Lucy Gura Archive and, while many remain to be scanned, to date over 10,000 cards have now been...
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Coming soon - EXCAVATING EGYPT: A free pop-up exhibition
This summer we are delighted to be supporting the Council for British Archaeology’s 2015 Festival of Archaeology by running a pop-up exhibition at our London office. Excavating Egypt will showcase the...
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New venue announced for October Study Day and AGM
This year’s October Study Day will focus on Bryan Emery’s enigmatic quest to discover the tomb of Imhotep at Saqqara. The fabled tomb of the architect of the Step Pyramid of Djoser has led many to...
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Excavating Egypt review: Akhenaten and Nefertiti's Amarna, a lecture by...
by Susan BiddleLouise Atherton gave an excellent talk illustrating the value of the EES's archives, using the example of the excavations of Amarna. Her talk complemented the "Excavating Egypt"...
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Excavating Egypt review: The EES Amarna Film Footage, a viewing with Dr Chris...
by Susan BiddleIn the 1930s, the EES looked for ways to interest the public in its work, not least to generate the money needed to fund its on-going excavations. Just as today, they hosted exhibitions...
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Excavating Egypt review: The gods' speech with Ildiko Kalnoky
by Susan BiddleIldiko gave us a superb introduction to hieroglyphs. She began by explaining that hieroglyphs are a highly formalised form of writing, by the elite and for the elite, and that the...
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Excavating Egypt review: Ceramics illustration workshop with Dr Sarah Doherty
by Susan BiddleSarah's workshop was a great introduction to the techniques and practicalities of drawing pots. We began by completing a diagnostic ceramics recording form, describing the object (eg...
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Report on the 2014 season at Sais
The Durham/EES/MSA team working at Sais (Gharbiya) excavated part of the magazine storerooms of the late Ramesside period. They discovered a complete assemblage of pottery food storage and preparation...
View Article2015 EES Research Scholarships awarded to six Egyptian archaeologists and...
Following the Society’s call for applications in March, we are delighted to announce that, thanks to generous support from the British Council, we will once again be hosting six Egyptian archaeologists...
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Tell Mutubis survey work shows Roman-era glass kilns and buildings
A Durham and Mansoura University/EES/MSA mission at Kom el Ahmar, Tell Mutubis in Kafr el Sheikh carried out survey work in 2014 at the Late Roman (4th-7th century AD) mound site. The team undertook a...
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Endangered Heritage: A temporary exhibition
This year the Egypt Exploration Society considered new ways of exploring archives and as part of her 2015 EES Lucy Gura Archive internship, Fahema Begum created a small exhibition looking at the use of...
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Centenary Awards 2015
In March, we invited applications from early-career Egyptologists for grants from our Centenary Fund. This year, the Society was able to make a total of £7,000 available for these Awards, an increase...
View ArticleEES Cairo Visiting Fellow
The UK’s leading Egyptological organisation, the Egypt Exploration Society, is looking for an enthusiastic and well-organised 'Visiting Fellow' to join our team for 3 months in 2016.During this time...
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Egyptology in Egypt: a 'familiarisation' tour for UK students in Spring 2016
The Society is delighted to announce that it will be awarding three UK-based postgraduate students the opportunity to pursue a programme of visits to a variety of archaeological sites, museums and...
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Scanning Sesebi: A work experience project by Elissa Day
Last week we were fortunate to welcome Elissa Day into the archive for her summer 2015 work experience placement. Her task for the week was to digitise the Society’s object records from our excavations...
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#myEESpic - We need your help...
Egypt is very striking place, visually. Ancient Egypt was a very visual culture. And photography is an essential part of the recording process for archaeologists and Egyptologists. We at the EES have...
View ArticleLondon office closures
The London office will be closed on the following dates for staff training:Wednesday 16 SeptemberWednesday 14 OctoberWednesday 4 NovemberThursday 5 November.We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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