NEW RESOLUTIONS - MAKING IT HAPPEN New Year resolutions are a long standing western AND eastern tradition – they give us a glimmer of hope and excitement. However, as time goes by, we seem either to forget about them or feel down-hearted by the fact that we have failed to stick to them. Year on year, many of us decide not to have any resolutions anymore – but are we missing out, is this the right attitude or do we…
Find out more »The British Egyptian Society is delighted to announce the winner of the Peter Mackenzie Smith Book Prize is The Buried: Life, Death and Revolution in Egypt by Peter Hessler. Published by Profile Books. The Prize of £5000 was given at a reception of 100 people held at the prestigious Army and Navy Club on 28th March 2022 The society was honoured to introduce His Excellency, the Egyptian Ambassador to the Court of St. James, Mr Sherif Kamel and Mrs Heba…
Find out more »The North East Ancient Egypt Society are pleased to announce as part of our new Student Involvement Project (SIP) a mini conference focusing on research from undergraduates and postgraduates from around the world. Cost is FREE This Lecture is LIVE There is NO need to register Saturday 9th April 2022 ~ 1:50 – 5:00pm (UK TIME) Via Zoom We have a great line up of student speakers covering a variety of topics in Egyptology from pottery to funerary practices. The…
Find out more »This event was so popular that the society had to take over the whole restaurant! So great to see friends of BES back together chatting, eating and making connections. 8pm Friday 29th April 2022 At The Plum and Salt Restaurant 77 Fulham Palace Road. W6 8JA Cost £30 per person 3 courses Please contact the secretary Mr. Noel Rands at secretary@britishegyptiansociety.org.uk For further information or to register
Find out more »We were delighted with the attendance at our Film Event. The film event has featured so far in over 40 online high impact media outlets including: YouTube in Cairo, Lebanon, Tunisia, UK and more on the way including MBC report Al Sharq Al Awsat online and print version both covered the event too We were on top of social media trends in Cairo and Elham Shahin and Hala Sarhan are now safely back in Cairo and very happy with the…
Find out more »A group of members and friends of the British Egyptian Society started their tour on the 4th floor of the Ashmolean for coffee where they were joined by Liam Macnamara, the Curator for Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the Ashmolean Museum. Liam has been a great friend to the BES for many years. Liam gave us a brilliant guided tour of the Egyptian Collection which really is quite stunning. Followed by an enjoyable lunch at the Wig and Pen in George Street.…
Find out more »Please kindly click on the link to see the recording of the webinar and the brilliant speakers relating to the launch of the book put together following the conference in 2019. To view the recording please use: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/n5OKfFJjzZINIn7lggutnUH9HItKfys5mD4ooEwXKI6w1B_C32J2bfBtudhylCvs.JJ2THxe1_hssgRYU Passcode: 7@ppQ=^A
Find out more »The announcement that Mr Gardner would deliver the Sir Michael Weir Lecture attracted an audience of around 100, and included the present Egyptian Ambassador, three former British Ambassadors and their wives, the Coptic Archbishop, Sir Michael’s two daughters and 4 sons and many more distinguished guests. Mr Gardner did not disappoint. Those of you who didn't attend Frank Gardner's |Sir Michael Weir Lecture missed a treat. Frank Gardner is a Journalist and writer and is the BBC’s Security Correspondent. In his wonderful…
Find out more »We held the 28th AGM in the Pall Mall Room of the Army & Navy Club (”The Rag”)( on 10th January 2023. It was chaired by Baroness Symons, Chairman of the British Egyptian Society. She was accompanied by the Vice Chairman, Professor Magdy Ishak Hanna, the Treasurer, Mrs Jennette Bradbury and the Secretary. Maybe it was because of the quality of the speaker to follow but we had a pleasing turnout. Lady Symons spoke of the sad loss of…
Find out more »The British Museum, very kindly, has granted us a Private View of this new exhibition. Our Private View is at 6pm on Thursday 1st February 2023. No trip to the British Museum is complete without a stop at the Rosetta Stone, the slab of granodiorite that unlocked the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphs. But how did it come to exist? And how did a French and English scholar figure out how to crack the code? It's this millennia long story that's…
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