Amarna lecture in Cambridge

Amarna lecture in Cambridge
There will be a lecture on the excavations at the South Tombs Cemetery at Amarna in Cambridge on Wed. 6 November, as part of the Egyptian Worlds Seminar Series.

2013 digitisation season

Digitising the Amarna objects
For the month of October a team of volunteers is working out of the Amarna office in Cairo on a project to digitise the object record cards from the British excavations at Amarna - we hope to share the results online in the not-too-distant future!

Lecture on the Amarna cemetery

Amarna Cemetery lecture in Carbondale
Dr Gretchen Dabbs will be lecturing on 'The lives of the non-elite citizenry at the ancient Egyptian capital of Akhenaten and Nefertiti' for the National Parks Service on October 17, at Longbranch Coffeehouse (100 E Jackson St, Carbondale, IL). All welcome!

Hairstyles of the people of Amarna

Hairstyles of the people of Amarna
Click here for a photoset from Jolanda Bos' ongoing study of the hairstyles surviving on human remains from the South Tombs Cemetery.

Reports on the 2013 South Tombs Cemetery excavations

South Tombs Cemetery 2013 reports
Preliminary reports on the 2013 excavations at the South Tombs Cemetery are now available online.

Amarna lecture in Toronto

SSEA Toronto: lecture by Barry Kemp
SSEA Toronto will be hosting a lecture by Prof. Barry Kemp on Thu. 19 September: click here for details! Proceeds of the event will support the ROM and the Amarna Trust.

Amarna temples: lecture in Denver, September 16

Amarna lecture in Denver
Prof. Barry Kemp will be lecturing on the temples of Amarna at the Egypt Study Center in Denver on September 16. Click here for details.