EES/BE study day – ‘Gods and Mortals: the function of religion in Ancient Egypt’

On Saturday 29th November the Egypt Exploration Society will be coming to the University of Birmingham for their next study day, which will be about religion in ancient Egypt. The speakers are: Prof. Susanne Bickel, Dr Michela Luiselli, Dr Tony Leahy and Dr Martin Bommas. Full details of the event, including the abstracts for each …

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Edward Mushett Cole at Rosetta Forum: ‘Seven pious nonentities’?

On Tuesday 27th May, Edward Mushett Cole presented to the Rosetta Forum (http://www.rosetta.bham.ac.uk/), giving a talk entitled “‘Seven Pious Nonentities’: a reassessment of the later 20th Dynasty kings and their political power”. For those of you unable to attend that event, here is a brief summary of what was a fascinating talk:   Edward’s PhD …

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