2026-7 TVAES Talks and Study Day programme

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Lectures and events

Recent Archaeological work at South Saqqara - Djedkare's Necropolis
on-line via Zoom
Date: Saturday 10^th October 2026 @ 2pm
By Professor Hana Vymazalová
Cost: Free for Members and £4 Visitors
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Reconstructing Context: Private Statuary at Deir el-Medina (AGM at 1.00pm on Zoom)
on-line via Zoom
Date: Saturday 24^th October 2026 @ 2pm
By David Brügger
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Double, Double Toil and Trouble, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble: Fiery cauldrons of the Netherworld
In-Person only. No advance booking required. Tickets on the door
Date: Saturday 21^st November 2026 @ 2pm
By Dr Kristine Reinhold
Venue: Coronation Hall Woodley
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Goddesses in Ramessid Egypt: Examining divine feminine agency in three case studies from the reigns of Seti I and Ramesses II
In-Person only. No advance booking required. Tickets on the door
Date: Saturday 12^th December 2026 @ 2pm
By Dr Edward Scrivens
Venue: Coronation Hall Woodley
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Cancer and Medicine in Ancient Egypt
on-line via Zoom
Date: Saturday January 9^th 2027 @ 4pm
By Dr. Roselyn A. Campbell
on-line via Zoom
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ANCIENT EGYPT NEWS

A lost city of Ramesses II may have been identified
A 3,200-year-old inscription at Tell Abu Seifi refers to Horus as “Lord of the City of Mesn”. It may help identify the long-lost city of Mesn, although the interpretation remains provisional. More

A 4,000-year-old official’s tomb discovered at Saqqara
A previously unknown tomb at Saqqara belonged to Sekhentyu-Ptah, a senior official who served as royal chamberlain and priest of Ma’at. Its false door, offering table and funerary objects provide a glimpse into the burial customs and religious beliefs of Egypt’s Old Kingdom. More

Eighteen tombs and “golden tongues” discovered at Marina el-Alamein
Excavations at the ancient port city of Leukaspis have revealed 18 Ptolemaic and Roman tombs. Among the finds are gold tongue-shaped amulets, which were placed in the mouths of the dead so that they could speak before the gods in the afterlife. More

A Second Intermediate Period settlement uncovered in the Wadi Tumilat
Excavations at Tell el-Koua have revealed mud-brick buildings, storage facilities, domestic objects and burials dating to around 3,500 years ago. The settlement may shed light on the movement of people between Egypt and the Levant during a politically divided period. More