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Four EES teams currently in the field and posting updates online!
The Society currently has four field teams working in Egypt, with a fifth soon to join them.EES Theban Harbours and Waterscapes Project: Kamel keeping eye on readings on P9 Ramesseum in backgroundAngus...
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Programmes on the Past
The effective use of mass media has been centrally important to the work of the Society since its beginnings, when Amelia Edwards regularly re-cast the letters sent by Flinders Petrie from Egypt as dig...
View ArticleJEA and EA new publications
New editions of Egyptian Archaeology Magazine and Journal of Egyptian Archaeology are now available to buy from the online shop. Click here for the contents list of the latest JEA.
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JEA 97 published
The Society is pleased to announce the publication of Issue 97 of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. This volume has now been dispatched to members, and should be arriving with them soon (if you...
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Petrie Images on Flickr
The EES Lucy Gura Archive contains numerous photographs from the digs of Flinders Petrie, the Society's first excavator, and the most prolific. In his 42 year career, Petrie explored more than 35 sites...
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Petrie's entry in Who Was Who 4th Ed
Who Was Who in Egyptology, edited by Morris L. Bierbrier, is an essential biographical and bibliographical resource for Egyptology in the 21st Century. It covers the most important contributors to the...
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TONIGHT: 'The Man Who Discovered Egypt' (BBC4, 9pm)
Chris Naunton filming on locationThe Society has been working with the BBC in making this fascinating documentary about Flinders Petrie, the 'Father of Archaeology' and one of the EES' first (and most...
View ArticleNew sign-up form for e-Newsletter
If you'd like to keep up to date with the Society's news and events, please enter your details below to subscribe to our e-Newsletter. #mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:10px...
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EES Trustee Margaret Mountford completes PhD
We would like to offer our warmest congratulations to EES Trustee, Margaret Mountford, who has completed her PhD in Papyrology at University College London.Dr Mountford has served as a Trustee to the...
View ArticleEaster Closure
After a busy few weeks, including our BBC4 documentary about Flinders Petrie 'The Man Who Discovered Egypt', the Society offices at Doughty Mews will be closed over Easter for a well-earned rest! We...
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Flinders Petrie on Radio 2
Any of you who were driving home last night, listening to Simon Mayo on Radio 2, might have caught his interview with Chris Naunton, Director of the EES. After the roaring success of the "Petrie Film"...
View ArticleOnline resources for study of writing surfaces
Following the very successful seminar on scribes and writing surfaces, 'Inside the Mind of the Scribe' at Doughty Mews on 14 April 2012, we are delighted to be able to provide links to a number of...
View ArticleSad news - Prof. Gaballa
The Society was sad to hear of the death of Prof. Gaballa Aly Gaballa, former Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Antiquities. Prof. Gaballa studied Egyptology in Liverpool under Prof. H.W....
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Book launches hosted by the EES
The EES has recently hosted two very successful book-launch events where renowned authors talked about their new publications which they then discussed (over glasses of wine) with members who were...
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'The Man Who Discovered Egypt' repeated TUESDAY 15 May BBC4
Great news - the recent Petrie film ('The Man Who Discovered Egypt') presented by the EES Director Chris Naunton, will be repeated on Tuesday 15 May at 22.00 on BBC4. It will then be repeated on...
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The British Academy secures the future of the EES Delta Survey Project.
Since 2007 the EES Delta Survey has been an Approved Research Project of the British Academy which has given us the opportunity each year to apply for funding of up to £5,000. This has been used to...
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Another round of eBay sales now on!
We have just started the next round of our eBay auctions of the library of long-standing EES member and Old Kingdom specialist Colin Newton. We have been selling these volumes on eBay to raise money...
View ArticleNew EES Publishing blog
Publishing the results of our fieldwork and research has always been one of the most important aspects of the activities of the Egypt Exploration Society and our extensive range of publications can be...
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Film about the EES made by students in Cairo
Sylvie Weens was Assistant Secretary in the EES London Office from 1989 to 1997. She now lives in Cairo and teaches English at the Lycée Francais du Caire but has retained her interest in ancient Egypt...
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Saqqara Day in Leiden and presentation to Geoffrey Martin of 'Maya and Meryt I'.
The EES joined in a very special occasion on Saturday 2 June 2012 when the Friends of Saqqara Foundation (http://www.saqqara.nl/) held their 10th Saqqara Day in Leiden and the occasion was marked by...
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