Three new EES films - on the Archive project, Saqqara Day in Leiden & the 4th...
We have recently uploaded three more short films to our YouTube channelLeiden Presentation of Maya and Meryt I (uploaded on 8 June)On 2 June 2012 at the annual Saqqara Day of the Friends of Saqqara...
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The Tomb of Maya and Meryt I now available!
We are very pleased to announce the publication of the long awaited The Tomb of Maya and Meryt I: The Reliefs, Inscriptions and Commentary by Geoffrey Thorndike Martin.Maya was one of the most...
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Who Was Who in Egyptology is now available!
We are delighted to announce that the fourth revised edition of Who Was Who in Egyptology is now available to purchase. The civilization of ancient Egypt has been a source of fascination for explorers...
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London Office Summer Closure Starts Today
The London Office of the EES will close tonight at 4.30pm and remain closed during the London 2012 Olympic Games. We will re-open on Tuesday 14 August at 10.30am. During this closure there are still...
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Petrie and Pitt-Rivers
The summer Newsletter should be with most of you by now - and we hope you enjoy reading it, and are looking forward to the Autumn/Winter programme of events. In Patricia Spencer's article (p.4), she...
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Egyptian Archaeology 41 now at the press
Egyptian Archaeology 41 has been sent to press and should be published in September 2012. A full list of the contents can be found here. Tweet
View ArticleIndex to Egyptian Archaeology 31-40 now available
The index to EAs 31-40 is now available for download here. The index has been prepared by Lyn Stagg, an EES Patron who also indexed EAs 21-30, and all the members of the EA Editorial Board would like...
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Akhenaten's Workers now available to pre-order!
Our forthcoming two-volume Excavation Memoir, Akhenaten's Workers: Amarna Stone Village Survey, 2005-9 is now available to pre-order from the EES online bookshop.From 2005 to 2009 a survey and...
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Workmen's Huts Seminar
Last Saturday's seminar, 'The Workmen's Huts in the Theban Mountains: the royal tomb-builders' huts above the Valley of the Kings' was a huge success; so much so that as many of you will know, the...
View ArticleDiscussion of the location of Perunefer in 'Egyptian Archaeology'
The location of Perunefer has long been a subject of debate and most recently this has been carried on in issues of Egyptian Archaeology. Manfred Bietak opened the discussion in EA 26, proposing that...
View ArticleCentenary Awards 2012
The Egypt Exploration Society invites applications for grants from its Centenary Fund. The total value of the Award will be in the region of £4,000. This sum may be divided among several projects.The...
View ArticleCultural Property Webinar - recording and further information
On Saturday 29 September, the Society hosted a 'webinar' to discuss the issues which surround the interaction between the (legal) trade in antiquities and the academic discipline of Egyptology. The...
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Akhenaten's Workers two-volume memoir now available to buy
Our two newest Excavation Memoirs are now available to buy from the EES Online Shop. Akhenaten's Workers: The Amarna Stone Village Survey, 2005-9 Volume 1: The Survey, Excavations and Architecture, and...
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Doughty Mews on TV (again!)
The beautiful Ricardo Caminos Memorial Library at the Society's London Offices, located at 3 Doughty Mews, will once again star (!) in a television documentary next week. The programme, 'Find My Past',...
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Sad news about Peggy Drower (1911-2012) Patricia Spencer writes
I am currently on board the Swan Hellenic ship, Minerva, sailing from Cyprus to Port Said, and early this morning in response to one of the passengers who asked how I first became involved with Swans,...
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Amelia Edwards Projects 2012-13
Autumn Fundraising Campaign Launch: Amelia Edwards ProjectsThe Society is delighted to announce that for this year’s fundraising campaign we are asking you to support a new round of Amelia Edwards...
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Study Day, AGM, Lecture and Party
Tomorrow is the most important annual date in the Society’s events programme when we have our winter Study-Day, followed by our Annual General Meeting, the Annual Lecture and our Christmas Party, all...
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Kenneth John Frazer MC FSA (1914-2012)
It is with regret that the Society announces the passing of Kenneth John Frazer, surveyor and draftsman for the EES. Professor Harry S Smith, who worked with Ken at Saqqara, writes: Ken Frazer in 1994...
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EES Members' Tour to Upper Egypt, November 2012
In November 2012 a group of EES members accompanied by Dr Chris Naunton, Director of the EES embarked on a tour of rarely-visited sites in Upper Egypt as shown in the interactive map below. View EES /...
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EA 42 Contents
EA 42 will be published in March 2013 and a full list of the contents can be found here.Tweet
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