Join us next week for our Friends of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social lecture by Christian Knoblauch, who will be discussing the history of the Abydos Middle Cemetery during the Late Old Kingdom to Early Middle Kingdom. Details and tickets in the link below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-paint...

Join us next week (in person/via Zoom) for the Friends of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social lecture by Stephen Harrison, who will be discussing Alexander the Great & Egypt under the Achaemenids, an often overlooked period of Egyptian history. Details in the link below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/egypt-unde...

A reminder that the Friends of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social AGM and lecture by Tom Hardwick will take place next Wednesday (1st October). Details and tickets available in the link below www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/made-by-th...

Join us for the Friends of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social AGM followed by a lecture by Tom Hardwick, who will explore the way the market for Egyptian antiquities has developed and demonstrate the changing roles it has played in creating a taste for ancient Egypt. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/made-by-th...

@theegyptcentre.bsky.social may be closed for the next 4 months as part of a redevelopment project, but thanks to the latest technology, there are lots of ways to engage with the collection. Check out our 3D models on Sketchfab, including this relief of Khabekhnet. skfb.ly/pAPs6

The Friends of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of @johnjjohnston.bsky.social. In his memory, we have made the recording of his most recent (June) Friends lecture publicly available. Gone, but certainly never forgotten. 🍷 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9guP...

@theegyptcentre.bsky.social will be closing on Saturday 30th of August due to the exciting refurbishment of our galleries! We will be re-opening in January 2026. For updates, please check our website and social media pages. We look forward to welcoming visitors back to the museum in 2026!

A little bit about @theegyptcentre.bsky.social ahead of our planned closure for a major redevelopment project! www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/ama...

Exciting news on some additional funding for @theegyptcentre.bsky.social's House of Death redevelopment. Thanks to the @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social for their support on the project! www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office....

Blog by conservation student Kayleigh Heister on the conservation & restoration of a shabti from Harrogate Museum, currently housed @theegyptcentre.bsky.social. Thanks to the wonderful restoration it has been possible to identify the owner as Djedher! egyptcollectionblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

For anyone who might be in the Carmarthenshire area on the 5th July, I'll be giving a talk on a research project called From the tꜣwy to the Tawe, which examines Welsh collections (26 of them) with Egyptological material. Details below!

Friends of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social lecture by @johnjjohnston.bsky.social next Wednesday (18th). This talk will discuss #RichardBurton’s decade in the ancient world (1953–1963). The event coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Welsh actor's birth. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-tiber...

Now that I've had the chance to check the Zoom data, I can say that our Pre- & Early Dynastic Egypt study day was attended by 262 people (210 online and 52 in person) from across 29 countries. Thanks to all who attended! #Impact #Engagement #Research

Meg Gundlach kicking off our Pre- and Early Dynastic Egypt study day. Meg is providing an overview of the rich collection of material dating to these early periods in @theegyptcentre.bsky.social collection, some of which will be the focus of today's study day.

Excited to be joining the @theegyptcentre.bsky.social Early Egypt day!!and speaking later about research into objects said to be from Naqada! We are online from Naqada in safe online hands @drkengriffin.bsky.social @naqadasurvey.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social

The draft programme for our Pre- and Early Dynastic Egypt Study Day is now online. You can attend this event in person (only a few places left) or via Zoom, with full details in the link below! egypt.swansea.ac.uk/early-egypt/

News | Welsh Government outlines new Priorities for Culture – Welsh museum and heritage sectors will share £7m towards delivering government's ambitions

Great visit to @theegyptcentre.bsky.social by @fromecollege.bsky.social Egyptology Club. From dressing up to handling ancient artefacts, everyone had a great time. Thank you for supporting the museum by raising funds to adopt the shabti of Seti I!

Great to see @jacksargeantms.bsky.social announce the Priorities for Culture in Wales at the Senedd today. For more details, see the press release below. @welshmuseumsfed.bsky.social www.gov.wales/new-prioriti....

Did you attend one of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social's online events over the past 5 years? If so, we'd love to hear from you. We're approaching the fifth anniversary of our first online event (30th April 2020), a milestone that's fundamentally changed how we operate. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join us for the next Friends of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social lecture by Joanne Backhouse, who will be discussing the goddess Meretseger. The event takes place on Wednesday, with details and tickets in the link below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meretseger...

Review of the @welshmuseumsfed.bsky.social Conference, which took at @swanseauni.bsky.social last month. www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

Very excited to be hosting these amazing scholars in Swansea on the 7th of June for an in-depth study day on Pre - and Early Dynastic Egypt. To participate online, scan the QR code or register at sites.swansea.ac.uk/egyptcentre/... Attendance online and in-person is free.

Next Saturday I'll be taking part in a study day focusing on Welsh Egyptology, organised by @maesegypt24.bsky.social. One talk will focus on @theegyptcentre.bsky.social, and the other will survey over 20 other Welsh collections with Egyptological material. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maes-study...

My new article on the early Egyptian & Sudanese collections of Sir Henry Wellcome has just appeared in the African Arts journal, and all the papers available are open access (thanks to @wellcomecollection.bsky.social!). direct.mit.edu/afar/article...

Interested in the conservation of ancient Egyptian objects? Join us on Wednesday for the Friends of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social lecture by the fantastic conservation students of @cardiffuni.bsky.social for a series of presentations. Details and tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conservati...

Check out @theegyptcentre.bsky.social's new blog post. @christianknoblauch.bsky.social outlines the impact of the loan from Harrogate Museum and the object biographies/life-cycles undertaken by the students @swanseauni.bsky.social. egyptcentrecollectionblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/teac...

Happy students in the Egyptian Art and Archaeology module at @swanseauni.bsky.social getting the opportunity to handle some fantastic Pre/Early Dynastic objects in @theegyptcentre.bsky.social and Harrogate Museum collections!

Now less than a week until the next Friends of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social lecture. Join us as Heidi Köpp-Junk discusses travel, transport, and mobility in ancient Egypt. Details and tickets are in the link below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/travel-tra...

@theegyptcentre.bsky.social's blog post this week has been written by Sandra Ottens, who discusses the seven Hathor's at Philae. egyptcentrecollectionblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

Check out the new blog post by Vanessa Foott on the changing image of the god Bes as part of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social's course on gods and goddesses: egyptcentrecollectionblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-...

Join us for the next Friends of @theegyptcentre.bsky.social lecture on Wednesday 15th Jan. Bryony Renshaw will be discussing Egypt through the eyes of two Victorian women (Marianne Brocklehurst and Mary Booth). Tickets and details are in the link below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snapshots-...

💫We are delighted that this object, one of 116 recently acquired items from the Hood collection, is featured in the Arts Council's newly published Cultural Gifts and Acceptance in Lieu Annual Report. Read the report here🧾 www.artscouncil.org.uk/supporting-a...

Just under a week before @theegyptcentre.bsky.social course on gods, goddesses, and demons starts. For more details, including tickets, see here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gods-godde...

Finishing the day by scanning one of my favourite objects in @theegyptcentre.bsky.social collection. While this Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure is much damaged by woodworm, the intricate details and gilding provide a glimpse into how beautiful it must have been! sketchfab.com/3d-models/pt...

Starting off 2025 by scanning some coffin fragments in @theegyptcentre.bsky.social collection. Here's part of a mummy board I scanned this morning! sketchfab.com/3d-models/mu...

Interested in the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt? Join us for the latest course hosted by @theegyptcentre.bsky.social, which starts in January. Details and tickets are available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gods-godde...

Looking for an unusual Christmas gift? Why not adopt an object from @theegyptcentre.bsky.social! This will support us during our major redevelopment of the House of Death gallery next year. For adoption details, see: egypt.swansea.ac.uk/adopt-an-obj... Thanks to all those who have adopted so far!

Yesterday was quite an emotional day for all of us at @theegyptcentre.bsky.social as Wendy Goodridge retired after 27 years of work at the museum. Wendy really was the glue that held the Egypt Centre together, so she will be deeply missed. Thank you for everything!

Since we had our first online visitor from Tunisia joining an event hosted by @theegyptcentre.bsky.social last night, I thought I'd update our engagement map since we moved online during the COVID Pandemic. At least 61 countries reached (64 if you count Wales, England, Scotland, NI separately!)!

Excited to have received this study in honour of John Taylor in the post today. It includes a paper written by Aidan Dodson and I on the coffin of Amenhotep-son-of-Hapu, two fragments of which are on display in @theegyptcentre.bsky.social.

Next week I'll be giving the final Friends of the Egypt Centre lecture of 2024. This presentation will look at some recent news and events at @theegyptcentre.bsky.social, including exciting plans to redevelop the House of Death gallery. Details and tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-egypt-...

A reminder of tonight's Friends of the Egypt Centre lecture by Katarzyna Lubos, who will be offering insights into the study of ancient textiles. Katarzyna is spending this week @theegyptcentre.bsky.social studying our #Coptic textiles! Details and tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/clothes-ma...

It has been a while since the last blog post for @theegyptcentre.bsky.social, so thanks to @KatieRuthx for putting this one together on the conservation of a pottery vessel in the collection! egyptcentrecollectionblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...