ANCIENT EGYPT DAY SCHOOL
Saturday 24 September 2011 - 9.45 a.m - 4.30 p.m.
Guest speaker - Professor Barry Kemp
It is with great pleasure Mercia Egyptology Society welcomes Professor Barry Kemp CBE, Honorary President, to speak at the first Day-school. Professor Kemp is a well-known and welcomed speaker; his knowledge of the ancient site of Akhetaten (Amarna) is second to none. From the banishing of Nefertiti to discoveries at the newly found southern cemeteries, there are always new things to learn from and about this fascinating site. Come and enjoy what promises to be a fascinating day, make new friends and share a common interest.
9.45 - 10.00 - Registration - Coffee or Tea included
10.00 - 11.15 - Amarna one hundred years ago. The centenary of Major Paul Timme's survey of Amarna: how much has it changed since 1911?
11.15 - 11.30 - Comfort break
11.30 - 12.45 - Whose was the North Palace? Harem politics and modern misreadings.
12.45 - 1.30 - Lunch, with Coffee or Tea included
1.30 - 2.45 - The tomb industry at Amarna: royal tombs, rock tombs and workmen's villages.
2.45 - 3.00 - Comfort break
3.00 - 4.30 - Learning from bones (animal and human)
Chairperson - Angela Torpey
10.00 - 11.15 - Amarna one hundred years ago. The centenary of Major Paul Timme's survey of Amarna: how much has it changed since 1911?
11.15 - 11.30 - Comfort break
11.30 - 12.45 - Whose was the North Palace? Harem politics and modern misreadings.
12.45 - 1.30 - Lunch, with Coffee or Tea included
1.30 - 2.45 - The tomb industry at Amarna: royal tombs, rock tombs and workmen's villages.
2.45 - 3.00 - Comfort break
3.00 - 4.30 - Learning from bones (animal and human)
Chairperson - Angela Torpey
Booking Form
Booking Address
Miss Angela Torpey
43, Loudon Avenue
Coundon
Coventry
CV6 1JN
e-mail: angelatorpey@yahoo.co.uk
Egypt: Amarna Day-school
Name: ………………………………………………………….
Address: ………….............…………………………………..
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e-mail: ………...............………………………………………
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Cost £25.00 per person.
Please make cheques payable to Miss Angela Torpey.
Note: Cost includes a buffet lunch and tea and coffee on arrival and at lunchtime.
VENUE: Xcel Centre, Mitchell Avenue, Coventry CV4 8DY (off Charter Avenue)
(nr. University of Warwick Westwood Site)
Parking is free.
Bus: The 19 or 19X from Pool Meadow.
Booking Address
Miss Angela Torpey
43, Loudon Avenue
Coundon
Coventry
CV6 1JN
e-mail: angelatorpey@yahoo.co.uk
Egypt: Amarna Day-school
Name: ………………………………………………………….
Address: ………….............…………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………….
e-mail: ………...............………………………………………
Telephone Number: ……...........……………………………
Cost £25.00 per person.
Please make cheques payable to Miss Angela Torpey.
Note: Cost includes a buffet lunch and tea and coffee on arrival and at lunchtime.
VENUE: Xcel Centre, Mitchell Avenue, Coventry CV4 8DY (off Charter Avenue)
(nr. University of Warwick Westwood Site)
Parking is free.
Bus: The 19 or 19X from Pool Meadow.
