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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society

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MAES, the oldest Egyptology society in the UK. We organise monthly Lectures and trips to Egyptian collections across Europe and Egypt for members and non-members alike. Manchester, maesweb.org.uk Born September 9, 1987.

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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 23h
MAES is pleased to announce details of our next lecture, which will be held on Monday 12th October. Doors open 19.45, lecture starts at 20.00. Bryony Renshaw: Fragments of Identity Reconstructing the Lives of Two Victorian Women Though their Ancient Egyptian Collection.
Bryony Renshaw. Fragments of Identity.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
MAES is pleased to announce details of our next lecture, which will be held on Monday 12th October. Doors open 19.45, lecture starts at 20.00. Bryony Renshaw: Fragments of Identity Reconstructing the Lives of Two Victorian Women Though their Ancient Egyptian Collection.
Bryony Renshaw.

Fragments of IdentityMarianne Brocklehurst on Horseback. Henry Calvert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered between pages of Dutch library book
The fragment is from Book 12, when Zeus curses Odysseus' men for killing and eating Helios' sacred cattle.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
MAES opening lecture of the '26-'27 season is on Mon. 14th Sept. 19:45-21:30 BST. maesweb.org.uk/meetings/ Paying guests, you may be interested to know that if you were a member, you would be entitled to free entry to all our ‘Zoom’ lectures, throughout the season. maesweb.org.uk/join-us/
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Lecture Programme
MAES organises an annual lecture programme for members and non-members alike.  Usually held on the second Monday of each month, most lectures are given by well-known Egyptologists from the UK …
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It’s that time of year again. You know there’s something you were supposed to do, but had forgotten. YES, renew your membership for Manchester Ancient Egypt Society. MAES members are invited to rejoin, ready for our new season.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society membership is open to anyone, anywhere – student, academic or enthusiast – who would like to know more about the civilisation of ancient Egypt. Please feel free to come along as a visitor and “try us out” at any of our zoom meetings.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society's last lecture, of the current season, will be on Monday 13th July 2026. Doors Open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite. Cost £5 per lecture.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
MAES next lecture in 2026 will be on Monday 13th July. Doors Open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite. Cost £5 per lecture via: maesweb.org.uk/meetings/
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Lecture Programme
MAES organises an annual lecture programme for members and non-members alike.  Usually held on the second Monday of each month, most lectures are given by well-known Egyptologists from the UK …
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
MAES is pleased to announce the next lecture in 2026 will be on Monday 13th July 2026 Doors Open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite. Cost £5 per lecture via: maesweb.org.uk/meetings/
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Lecture Programme
MAES organises an annual lecture programme for members and non-members alike.  Usually held on the second Monday of each month, most lectures are given by well-known Egyptologists from the UK …
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society is pleased to announce the next lecture in 2026 will be on Monday 8th June 2026. Our society Annual General Meeting will be held before this lecture. Doors open (for society members only), will be at 19.15 for AGM, closing at approx 19.40.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Don't forget to book your next lecture with Manchester Ancient Egypt Society. Monday 8th June 2026. Doors Open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Michael Tunnicliffe. Egypt and the Bible: In Search of Joseph's Coat.
Khnumhotep.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
MAES is pleased to announce the next lecture in 2026 will be on Monday 8th June 2026. Doors Open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite. Cost £5 per lecture via: maesweb.org.uk/meetings/
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Lecture Programme
MAES organises an annual lecture programme for members and non-members alike.  Usually held on the second Monday of each month, most lectures are given by well-known Egyptologists from the UK …
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
MAES is pleased to announce the next 'ZOOM' lecture will be on Monday 11th May 2026. Sara Aly: Coffins for Eternity: Houses of the Afterlife.
Coffin Lid of Penpy, 21st Dynasty, Leiden.  S.G.Louvre Coffins.  S.G.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society's next lecture will be on Monday 13th April. Doors Open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Zoom lectures are free to members. Michelle Keeley-Adamson:Valley of the Victorians: Egyptian-inspired Graves in the English Victorian Necropolis.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
MAES is pleased to announce the next lecture in 2026 will be on Monday 13th April. Doors Open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite. Cost £5 per lecture via: maesweb.org.uk/meetings/
maesweb.org.uk
Lecture Programme
MAES organises an annual lecture programme for members and non-members alike.  Usually held on the second Monday of each month, most lectures are given by well-known Egyptologists from the UK …
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society's last 'Study Day' takes place on Saturday 21st March. Booking is open. Tickets for MAES members are £15 please use the form you received by email. Tickets on Eventbrite are £25 for guests, all welcome!
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society are taking bookings for our March study day. This is on Saturday 21st March. Tickets for MAES members are £15 please use the form you received by email. Tickets on Eventbrite are £25 for guests, all welcome!
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Made in Ancient Egypt
Made in Ancient Egypt exhibition at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
MAES Monday. Next lecture will be on Monday, 9th March. Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Aidan Dodson: The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt and their Rediscovery.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society's next lecture will be on Monday, 9th March. Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. maesweb.org.uk/meetings/ Aidan Dodson: The Libyan Pharaohs of Egypt and their Rediscovery.
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Lecture Programme
MAES organises an annual lecture programme for members and non-members alike.  Usually held on the second Monday of each month, most lectures are given by well-known Egyptologists from the UK …
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
MAES will be holding its last Study Day on Sat. 21st March. Exploring the history of the Middle Kingdom and recent excavations at Deir el-Bahri, Abydos and the fortress site of Uronarti in North Sudan.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
MAES is pleased to announce the next lecture will be on Mon. 9th March. Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite, cost £5 per lecture although if you join you will get all lectures free.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society is pleased to announce the next lecture in 2026 will be on Monday, 9th February. Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Roger Forshaw Hesyre: Court Official, Scribe, and the World’s First Recorded Dentist.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society welcomes everyone with an interest in ancient Egyptian history. We organise an annual programme of lectures from visiting Egyptology professionals, as well as conferences and regular trips to Egyptology collections in the UK and further afield.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society is pleased to announce the next lecture in 2026 will be on Monday, 9th February. Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Roger Forshaw Hesyre: Court Official, Scribe, and the World’s First Recorded Dentist.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
MAES Jan. lecture, Dylan Bickerstaffe Ancient Egypt’s Most Potent Deity. The Great God MIN Doors open 7:30pm GMT, lecture begins at 8pm Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join via Eventbrite, £5 per lecture. Join and all lectures are free…… maesweb.org.uk/meetings/
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society is pleased to announce the first lecture in 2026 will be on Monday, 12th January. Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. maesweb.org.uk/meetings/ Dylan Bickerstaffe. The Great God MIN – Ancient Egypt’s Most Potent Deity.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
As the ‘Old Year’ draws to a close, Manchester Ancient Egypt Society is pleased to announce the first lecture in 2026 will be on Monday, 12th January. Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Dylan Bickerstaffe. The Great God MIN – Ancient Egypt’s Most Potent Deity.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Monday, 22nd December, 2025 is the date for the second of Manchester Ancient Egypt Society’s December ‘ZOOM’ lectures. Featuring Campbell Price discussing Winifred Bunton.
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Griffith Institute @griffithinstitute.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
It's been a very exciting year for us with the launch of our new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, and we are looking forward to sharing more in 2026. We hope you enjoy the new website, which now includes a brand new story you can read here: tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/.../preservi....
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
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Remains of King Nyuserre’s Valley Temple uncovered in Abusir - Ancient Egypt - Antiquities
A major archaeological discovery has emerged from the Abusir necropolis, where the Italian mission working at Abu Ghurab has uncovered extensive remains of the Valley Temple belonging to the solar com...
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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Top 10 Discoveries of 2025 - The Case of the Missing Pharaoh - Archaeology Magazine - January/February 2026
Thebes, Egypt
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Mon 22nd December, is the date for the second of MAES December ZOOM lectures. Featuring Campbell Price discussing Winifred Bunton. Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite, cost £5 per lecture Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Monday, 8th December, 2025 is the date for the first of Manchester Ancient Egypt Society’s December ‘ZOOM’ lecture. YES an extra lecture in December. Don’t forget Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite – Cost £5
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Well, after travelling around the world, 'Ramses and the Pharaoh’s Gold’ exhibition is finally to arrive in London....
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A Rare Exhibition Containing The Largest Collection Of Artefacts From Ancient Egypt’s Most Powerful Pharaoh Is Coming To London Next Year
Ramses and the Pharaoh’s Gold is an unmissable new exhibition bringing priceless artefacts from Ancient Egypt to London next year.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Santorini Volcano Erupted Before the Reign of Pharaoh Ahmose, New Study Shows - GreekReporter.com
A new study finds the Santorini volcano erupted decades before Pharaoh Ahmose, challenging its long-assumed link to early New Kingdom Egypt.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Monday, 8th December, 2025 is the date for the first of Manchester Ancient Egypt Society’s December ‘ZOOM’ lecture. YES an extra lecture in December. Don’t forget Zoom lectures are free to members.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Monday, 8th December, 2025 is the date for the first of Manchester Ancient Egypt Society’s December ‘ZOOM’ lecture. YES an extra lecture in December. Don’t forget Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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How Rodin's Collection of 1,000 Egyptian Artifacts Shaped His Sculpture
Art history has all but forgotten the love that sculptor Auguste Rodin had for the art of Egypt. A new exhbition in New York is fixing that.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
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Hong Kong’s biggest Egyptian exhibition opens with Tutankhamun, cat mummies and newly unearthed treasures from Egypt
Opening this week, Hong Kong’s biggest Egyptian exhibition is ‘comparable to the Grand Egyptian Museum’, according to Hong Kong Palace Museum’s deputy director.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Starting November 16th, entry to the Grand Egyptian Museum requires advance booking with time slots. From December 1, 2025, tickets will be online only via gem.eg. NO on-site ticket sales until further notice.
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Grand Egyptian Museum
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Monday, 8th December, 2025 is the date for the first of MAES December ‘ZOOM’ lecture. YES an extra lecture in December. Don’t forget Zoom lectures are free to members. Guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
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Air-filled anomalies in Menkaure Pyramid could indicate a new entrance
Researchers from Cairo University and TUM, as part of the ScanPyramids research project, have identified two hidden air-filled anomalies in the third-largest pyramid of Giza. The hypothesis of a possi...
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Of helicopters, tanks and the like at Abydos. x.com/PeterBrandEg... Dr. Peter J Brand (@PeterBrandEgypt) on X
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Dr. Peter J Brand on X: "1/ Let's have some fun with debunking my favorite internet ancient Egypt conspiracy theory (that's not about the Pyramids). The infamous "Abydos Helicopter" The most recent bleat about this was @darkjournalist who claims this "stele" proves the Egyptians had advanced tech #Egypt https://t.co/jb6KtajrVf" / X
1/ Let's have some fun with debunking my favorite internet ancient Egypt conspiracy theory (that's not about the Pyramids). The infamous "Abydos Helicopter" The most recent bleat about this was @darkjournalist who claims this "stele" proves the Egyptians had advanced tech #Egypt https://t.co/jb6KtajrVf
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Don't forget to get your ticket for Monday 10th Nov MAES next ZOOM lecture. Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Zoom lectures are free to members and guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite – Cost £5 per lecture. maesweb.org.uk/meetings/ Hilary Wilson Egypt and How to See It 1911-1912.
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Monday, 10th November2025 is the date for Manchester Ancient Egypt Society’s next ‘ZOOM’ lecture. Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Zoom lectures are free to members and guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite – Cost £5 per lecture. maesweb.org.uk/meetings/
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Lecture Programme
MAES organises an annual lecture programme for members and non-members alike.  Usually held on the second Monday of each month, most lectures are given by well-known Egyptologists from the UK …
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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Manchester Ancient Egypt Society @maesegypt24.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Monday, 10th November, 2025 is the date for Manchester Ancient Egypt Society’s next ‘ZOOM’ lecture. Doors open 19.30 Lecture starts at 20.00. Zoom lectures are free to members and guests are welcome to join us via Eventbrite, Cost £5 per lecture. maesweb.org.uk/meetings/
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Lecture Programme
MAES organises an annual lecture programme for members and non-members alike.  Usually held on the second Monday of each month, most lectures are given by well-known Egyptologists from the UK …
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