The Egyptian Society
of South Africa
Diary of Events
This page was last edited 05 May, 2008
Meetings are held on the
4th Tuesday each month -
except during school holidays & on public holidays.
Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place at
The Jenny Mallet Hall
St. George's Grammar School
Richmond Road, Mowbray, Cape Town
Free secure parking available - non-members are welcome
Valid Membership Cards to be shown at all meetings
SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE DUE 31 OCTOBER
Tuesday 27 May at 19h30
Keith Grenville
Imhotep Museum - Saqqara
followed by
Member's
Platform
Dr. Cyril Hromnik
The Scarab of
Dendera:
When Things are Upside Down
Members free. Non-members R20
Tuesday 24 June at 19h30
Jean Smith
Double
lecture
Ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom -
from the Peasants to the Pyramids
Members free. Non-members R20
SATURDAY 26 July
Baxter Theatre Centre - Cape Town
ANNUAL DAY SCHOOL
Foreigners on the Throne
of Ancient Egypt
10h00 Welcome & Opening Address
10h15 Prof. Sakkie Cornelius
Foreign Rulers on the Nile:
new perspectives on the Hyksos
11h15 Refreshments
11h45 Anlen Boshoff
The Black Pharaohs
13h00 Buffet Lunch
14h15 Prof. Anthony Humphreys
The Ptolemaic Period: the end,
or the beginning of the end, of ancient Egypt?
15h30 Close
Tuesday 26 August at 19h30
Alan Morris
To be announced
followed by
Member's Platform
Ferdinand Esau
Ancient Egypt: an
alternate perspective
Members free. Non-members R20
Tuesday 23
September at 19h30
John Lombard
Double
lecture
1600 kilometres up the
Nile:
with apologies to Amelia Edwards
Members free. Non-members R20
Tuesday 28 October at 19h30
Colleen Cox
Double
lecture
The Timeline Puzzle - Egypt & Israel
Members free. Non-members R20
subscriptions are due 31 october
Tuesday 25 November
at 19h30
Annual General Meeting
followed
by
Belly Dancing Display
Members free. Non-members R20
THERE IS NO MEETING IN DECEMBER
Click here for the famous painting
"The Subsiding of the
Nile"
by Frederick Goodall, R.A.
stored in Cape Town
For further information
on the Diary e-mail
Secretary
Jean Smith
scarab@telkomsa.net
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