Fwd: The EES: News and events. October 2019

Latest news from the Egypt Exploration Society

Latest news and events from the Egypt Exploration Society View this email in your browser Dear friends,   Thank you to everyone that has renewed their generous support this year and remain part of the largest international community supporting and promoting Egyptian cultural heritage. Thanks to your help, last year we were able to fund research projects throughout the Nile valley as well as in archives and museums around the world. Your donations during our Archive Appeal have now resulted in the safe rehousing of over 5000 fragile glass plate negatives as well as the education and training of student volunteers. Read more about what you made possible in our annual Impact Report here.   Thank you all!   All current Full Members will shortly receive issue 55 of Egyptian Archaeology in the post which includes articles about the latest EES Delta Survey Workshop held at the University of Mansoura in April 2019 and the EES Third Cataract Project survey, as well as latest news from the University of Tübingen and MoA team revealing the ancient colours in the decorated scenes at the temple of Esna, and an extraordinary architectural model of the contra-temple of the main sanctuary of the god Soknopaios discovered by the University of Salento working in Dime es-Seba in the Fayyum. And much more!   The mailing will also include the Society's latest AGM Notices and a printed copy of the annual Impact Report.   Thank you all for your ongoing contributions. Without your passion, we would not be able to continue our mission to support and promote Egyptian cultural heritage!   The EES Team EVENTS Annual General Meeting This year's AGM will take place after our autumn study day. You can download a copy of the AGM Notices and minutes of the 2018 AGM on our website. AGM Notices will be mailed to Full Members shortly.  There is no need to book a ticket for the AGM and it is free to attend, but if you wish to attend the study day then please reserve a ticket using the links below. We look forward to seeing many of you there! DOWNLOAD RESEARCH Patrons' Awards Two awards of £500 each will be made available to PhD students in the UK to fund an activity related to their research. The awards have been made possible by the generous support of EES Patrons, who will also be involved in the process of selecting the recipients. Deadline: 1st November 2019 APPLY HERE COLLECTIONS Recognition by the British Academy  Despite all of the news currently surrounding the Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection, we were delighted to hear that this year Professor Peter Parsons FBA, Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford from 1989 to 2003, and a long-standing supporter of the EES, has been awarded the British Academy's prestigious Kenyon Medal for his lifetime's contribution to the study of Papyrology. READ MORE EVENTS Exchange: Egypt and Beyond This study day considers Egypt in its wider context, as an interrelated and integral part of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean world. Through investigating Egypt's economy, foreign relations, and trade, our four experts will present Egypt in a different light and show that things are far more interesting when you consider the bigger picture. BOOK HERE COLLECTIONS Volunteers needed! Volunteers are sought to assist Stephanie Boonstra, Collections Manager, in a number of digitisation projects including scanning object records from excavations at the Saqqara Sacred Animal Necropolis, fieldnotes from fieldwork at Armant, and working on a collection of historical Egypt travel magazines. READ MORE EVENTS Fifth British Egyptology Congress Thanks to the huge success of BEC4 in Manchester 2018, we're excited to be partnering with Durham University to organise the fifth British Egyptology Congress (BEC), from the 4th to 6th September 2020. Save those dates in your diaries for next year as the call for papers will be released in November 2019.  Bids to host BEC6 in 2022 will be sought after BEC5 has drawn to a close. READ MORE Copyright 2016 The Egypt Exploration Society. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you registered to our mailing list. Our mailing address is: The Egypt Society 3 Doughty Mews London, Greater London WC1N 2PG United Kingdom Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list