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Amazing Online Auction: Book of the Dead and Behind the Scenes at the British...
As part of our current campaign to raise funds for the 2010-11 Amelia Edwards Projects, why not get involved with our first ever online auction? As part of the Big Give Christmas Challenge, we have...
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The Big Give Christmas Challenge, for which the EES 2010 Amelia Edwards Projects have been selected, has now officially launched and will run for most of the coming week. As you may know, the EES...
View ArticleEES 2010 Centenary Awards
The Society is pleased to announce that the 2010 Centenary Awards for early-career researchers are being given to three very varied projects: to Jennifer Cromwell to study and publish non-literary...
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11 December EES Events
The talks by Aidan Dodson, Joyce Tyldesley, Stephen Cross and Joyce Filer at the EES Study-Day on Amarna, and Stephen Harvey’s lecture on his work at Abydos were all well-received by around 120 Members...
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Centenary Awards: Report on a Survey of Mudbrick Buildings
Following the announcement of the 2010 Centenary Awards (see here), we are delighted to present a report from Maria Correas-Amador on fieldwork undertaken earlier this year thanks to a grant made from...
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Many thanks to all our Members and Friends for your support of the Society during 2010. We are especially grateful for your generous donations to the Amelia Edwards Projects and the Big Give Christmas...
View ArticleBarry Kemp honoured
Many congratulations to Professor Barry Kemp of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, and Director of the EES excavations at Amarna from 1977 until 2008, who was...
View ArticleNew EES Project at Luxor
EES Theban Harbours and Waterscapes ProjectThe first season of a major new EES research project at Luxor is now underway. You can follow the progress of the team via updates which the project director,...
View ArticleAmarna Film - the Lintel of Hatiay
Chris Naunton has uploaded to YouTube another short film which he has edited from footage shot at Amarna during the EES excavations in the 1930s. This fascinating film describes the discovery of the...
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EES Seminar with Martina Minas-Nerpel
On Saturday 29 January, EES Trustee Dr Martina Minas-Nerpel of the University of Swansea led a well-attended EES Seminar at Doughty Mews. The subject of the Seminar was 'Establishing Roman Rule in...
View ArticleEES team in Luxor
The EES team working at Luxor are all safe and well, but are not now being allowed to work on the west bank, so decided it would be prudent to return home (and without going back to Cairo). Sarah Jones...
View ArticleEgypt's heritage amidst the protests
A statement from the EES Chair, Dr Karen Exell:"On behalf of The Egypt Exploration Society I would like to express our concern for the situation in Egypt at the moment. As an organisation that works...
View ArticleEES Chair comments on looting in Egypt
The Society's Chair, Dr Karen Exell, is quoted in this article on the Reuters' website, talking about the potential for the looting of antiquities in Egypt during the current unrest:...
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Centenary Awards 2010-11: From Jenny Cromwell in Copenhagen
Jenny Cromwell has recently been in Copenhagen to study a series of unpublished Coptic documents in the University's collection. The project is funded by the EES through the Centenary Fund and Jenny...
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Egyptian Archaeology 38 published
Egyptian Archaeology 38 (Spring 2011) has now been published and mailed to all EES Full Members and Student Associates. Contents list.If you are not already an EES Member and would like to make sure...
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EES fieldwork resumes
After what turned out to be a brief hiatus for archaeological expeditions in Egypt, many missions are now working normally again thanks to the efforts and continuing hard work of our Egyptian...
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Seminar to be broadcast online 12 March 2011
A small number of tickets are still available for the seminar this coming Saturday (12 March 2011), 5,000 Years of Tradition: mudbrick architecture ancient and modern, which will be led by Dr Jeffrey...
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Updates from Joanne Rowland in Egypt
Updates from Dr Jo Rowland's latest field season are now being posted here. This season Jo will be leading a very small team to assess the situation and potential for archaeological work in the Delta...
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Centenary Awards 2010-11: From Helene Virenque in London
Continuing the series of reports on research supported by the Society through the Centenary Fund, Dr Hélène Virenque discusses her project, ‘“A Swiss Egyptologist on Her Majesty’s Service”: Édouard...
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Farewell Cleopatra
EES members and anyone with an interest in ancient Egypt will regret the passing of Dame Elizabeth Taylor, aged 79, writes John J Johnston, the Society's Vice-Chair.She will be best remembered for her...
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