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Sonia's highlight for this month's ‘Dozen Discoveries’ is an image of cartonnage from the Graeco-Roman Branch sub-archive. The upper row displays three elaborately decorated cartonnage funerary masks which represent idealised images of the deceased.
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🚨📢 SALE ALERT! Are you wondering what to get others (or yourself!) this festive season? Well, look no further than our best sellers – now with 20% off this November!
Limited stock available. For full details and purchase links, visit our website: ees.ac.uk/resource/treat-you…
Want to find out more about papyrology, but unsure where to start? Our ‘Papyrology: In the words of the people’ course begins this week. But our tutor, Leah Packard-Grams, has provided a free BONUS EES Spotlight Lecture about the History of Papyrology.
youtube.com/watch?v=s6C5NYNF…
Take a look and, if you want to explore further, then why not sign up to the course? Get your tickets here: ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/pa…
Don’t forget, if you’re a current member of the EES, then you’ll get 50% discount off your online course ticket.
How are your hieroglyphs? Rusty? Same here!
If you've already completed some beginner-level learning and want to take it to the next level, then sign up for our online Intermediate Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs course starting next week.
Tickets: ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/in…
Next week, we will begin our first ever online course about papyrology as we discover late antique Egypt, exploring daily life from the Late Period and into the Graeco-Roman world.
Members of the EES receive 50% discount on course tickets online here: ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/pa…
We've teamed up with our fellow British International Research Institutes for this years' Being Human Festival, 4-19th November, to bring you Groundbreakers at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology!
beinghumanfestival.org/groun…
An exhibition hosted by the Petrie Museum will highlight the pathbreaking work of British women archaeologists across the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Alongside the exhibition will be a range of talks, including a book reading about our own founder, Amelia B Edwards, on 11 November by @CGraves88 and @Beket_Aten. Join us in-person or online by reserving your ticket here:
ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/a-…
It’s Friday and many of us are looking forward to a restful weekend. But, what was it like to work in ancient Egypt? Well, this weekend, you can explore some professions from 4,000 years ago... (1/2)
Join EES volunteer, Ewa Szteinduchert, and voice actors, David Malcolm and Ed Scrivens (who you might already know as our very own Development Manager!), to virtually investigate the working world of ancient Egypt for FREE on our website: ees.ac.uk/resource/life-at-w…
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We provide a range of online resources that can be used at home or in the classroom. From downloadable activity packs to video content, you’ll find plenty of answers for your younger (and older!) students on our website this #WorldTeachersDay
ees.ac.uk/learn.html
As an educational charity ourselves, we’re very proud of our learning programme. Our next online course takes us into the fascinating world of Roman Egypt through texts on papyrus. We look forward to welcoming you to one of our online events soon.
ees.ac.uk/whats-on/events/pa…
Applications for our annual Centenary Awards are now open!
The Society welcomes applications to support archaeological fieldwork, museum/archive-based research, publication/dissemination or engagement activities.
Read more: ees.ac.uk/resource/funding-a…
🚨 Job announcement 🚨
We're looking for a self‐motivated and well-organised individual for the role of Curator to manage our papyri and cartonnage collections.
For more details and to apply, visit our website:
ees.ac.uk/resource/we-re-loo…
🚨⁉ It's #AskAStupidQuestionDay!
We're rarely asked stupid questions, but one question we get asked too often is, "did aliens build the pyramids?" 🤦♀️🤦
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If you want to discovery who really built the pyramids then check our Digital Resources, available on our website: ees.ac.uk/learn/digital-reso…
As well as learning about the pyramid builders, you'll also find answers to many other questions you might have about ancient Egypt.
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