Fitzwilliam Museum Lecture

Fitzwilliam Museum Lecture
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is hosting a free public lecture, 'Trouble with termites – the conservation of painted wood coffins at Amarna, Egypt' by Julie Dawson on October 3. All welcome - click here for details.

Saving the Great Aten Temple

Saving the Great Aten Temple
The Amarna Trust has just launched an online matched-funding initiative via The Big Give for urgent restoration of the Great Aten Temple. Click here to learn more, or offer a pledge before mid-October. Donate online in the week beginning December 6 2012 and your donation could be doubled!

Article on Amarna and Tutankhamun

Article on Amarna and Tutankhamun
A brief article on Amarna and the mummy of Tutankhamun by Barry Kemp and Albert Zink appears in the latest issue of the journal Rachel Carson Center Perspectives, available for free download.

2013 Amarna Bioarchaeology Field School
Applications for the 2013 Bioarchaeology Field School at Amarna are closing August 1st. Click here for details

Amarna lectures at the Petrie Museum

Amarna lectures at the Petrie Museum
Join the Amarna Project's Dr Jacquelyn Williamson as she lectures on the Amarna Period to the Friends of the Petrie Museum on July 21st. Click here for details and booking!

Tour Egypt and support the Amarna Project

Tour Egypt and support the Amarna Project
Not too late to sign up for the Your Journey Archaeology Alive tour of Egypt in September/October. The trip will include visits to all the major monuments of Egypt, along with a tour of Amarna - and a proportion of each ticket cost will be donated to the Amarna Trust. Click here for details!

2012 Spring Season underway

2012 Spring Season underway
The 2012 Spring season is currently underway at Amarna; to view some photographs of conservation work being undertaken on the coffins from the South Tombs Cemetery click here.