LATEST NEWTS

SO ecstatic that the incredible #DORAGOLDSMITH will be joining me on #ExplorersEgyptologyon SUNDAY 28th November for a special LIVE ONLY session about the olfactory landscape of #love, love-making, #sexuality, #sensuality #sensorial perception and #eroticism in #ancientEgypt.

I have wanted to have Dora as a guest for YEARS - so this is so exciting for me and I do hope lots of you can make it as well. Word-to-the-wise - as Dora will be sharing previously unpublished material and research, this session will not be recorded.

Dora has recently been getting attention for her work recreating Mendesian - the legendary and potent perfume of choice of the mesmerising and seeming irresistible #Cleopatra. Do look out for her recent co-authored paper in the latest edition of Near Eastern Archaeology.

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ANCIENT EGYPTIANS: Holiday Food + Fun at the De La Warr Pavilion and Bexhill Museum

ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

Monday 2 August 2021 –
Thursday 5 August 2021
FREE

Get creative this summer with Bexhill Museum, East Sussex Music and the De La Warr Pavilion!

Join this free four day holiday project to explore Ancient Egypt through hands-on activity at Bexhill Museum and songwriting, music and art at the De La Warr Pavilion.

Monday 2 August: Discover the secrets of Ancient Egypt! Led by the team at Bexhill Museum at Bexhill Museum in Egerton Park, Bexhill

Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 August: Join East Sussex Music for songwriting and music workshops on an Egyptian theme! In the De La Warr Pavilion auditorium

Thursday 5 August:

The Adoration of RA
Led by artists Sarah Janes and Pascal Immanuel Michael

In this workshop we will be making some important ritual items that were associated with the adoration of Ra (the Sun god).

The religions of ancient Egypt were all about adoring nature and the elements. The art and craft Egyptian artisans produced reflected the beauty of the natural forms and patterns they saw in the world around them. As a finale for your few days of learning about all things ancient Egyptian, we will stage a Ra worshipping ceremony using projections, lights, smells and sounds in the fantastic auditorium at the De La Warr Pavilion.

All activities will be followed by a FREE wholesome cold lunch, freshly prepared in the DLWP kitchen every day.

9.30 – 1.30pm

These activities are for children aged 8 – 11 years who are from families who receive benefit-related free school meals and must be booked in advance.

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Funded by The Department of Education and East Sussex County Council

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#EGYPTOMANIACS IN THE PARK

On Friday 20th August from 11am I am running a kids workshop (approx 1.5 hour) exploring the lunar deities and rituals of ancient Egypt in Alexandra Park - near the bandstand in front of the café. This workshop will coincide with the full moon on the 22nd.

Cost £11: all art and craft materials are provided and they will get to take their project home.
ONLY 11 places so please book ASAP // First come first served.

Payment by PayPal using address: sarah@awakeandaway.co.uk - Ref: EGYPTOMANIACSPARK

FREE PLACES for low income families: I can offer 4 free places to those who would otherwise not be able to afford to come along, so please do get in touch if you would like a free place for your child.

BRING A PICNIC and eat together at the end of the workshop
I invite families to bring a picnic and enjoy the park whilst their children play. I would love the kids to enjoy an Egyptian themed feast, so it would be brilliant if you could bring along a dish (please email me me if you would like a recipe idea - also a great project for the kids to learn more about Egyptian culture) or buy a snack - flat bread, vine leaves etc that reflects our theme.

If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to get in touch by email or phone.

Check out my website for more information about my work, upcoming and previous workshops and my online learning resources here: https://themysteries.org

Power to your Ka!

PAYPAL £11

#ExplorersEgyptology: Next Dates

TICKETS FOR OUR NEXT TWO MEETINGS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE:

MIRROR MIRROR: Ankh - The Image of Life with Dr. Joanne Backhouse

I find mirrors to be some of the most enigmatic artefacts in archaeological collections. They hint at perception and consciousness in ancient times. They make us wonder about how ancient faces were reflected and appraised. They suggest an otherworld, the fragility of image, the notion that reality might be captured and obscured. They are just marvellous objects to contemplate. So I am delighted to be hosting the always engaging Dr. Joanne Backhouse on the subject of MIRRORS in ancient Egyptian art, ritual and symbology.

The ancient Egyptians referred to mirrors as 'ankh', meaning life or to give life. Examples have been found from the Old Kingdom, with most handles taking a wooden papyri form. In addition to grave goods, from the Middle Kingdom mirrors appear in the picture frieze of Coffin Texts and on stelae. These expensive objects used in life, were also significant emblems of rebirth, with the disc symbolising the sun. During the New Kingdom there is a diversification of decorative motifs used to embellish the handle. This now includes Hathoric heads, first seen in the Middle Kingdom, caryatids, the god Bes, and falcons. Furthermore, mirrors are often depicted in New Kingdom tomb scenes, placed under the chair of married women. By the Greco-Roman period, the offering of mirrors was a significant ritual depicted on temple walls, with mirrors symbolising the sun and moon.

This lecture will discuss the evolution of design, textual references, the context and function of mirrors, as physical objects, and representations in ancient Egypt.

Dr Joanne Backhouse is a lecturer in Continuing Education at the University of Liverpool, where she completed her PhD. Her research interests focus on representations of the female form in both two and three dimensions. She has published volume one of her PhD, Scènes de Gyngécées: Figured Ostraca from New Kingdom Egypt – Iconography and Intent, with Archaeopress and is working on volume two, ‘Ladies on Beds’ Figurines from New Kingdom Egypt and her Empire. Joanne is also Chair of Wirral Ancient Egypt Society, in the North West of England.

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WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?: Dreamers and Dream Interpreters in Ancient Egypt with Dr. Luigi Prada

Dream interpretation is one of the divinatory arts with the longest history of attestation in
ancient Egypt, from the second millennium BCE to the Roman and Coptic Periods. Regarded
by the ancient Egyptians as a science, this discipline is attested in royal texts, daily-life
documents, but also in numerous dream-books, which were copied on papyrus scrolls and
preserved in temple libraries. In these papyri, thousands of dreams were described and
interpreted as signs of events that were expected to befall the dreamer.

Not only do thesetexts inform us about the theory and practice of dream interpretation, they also offer us material for the study of ancient Egyptian society and its collective psychology. Thus, they
include information on the way the ancient Egyptians categorised the world of dreams, as
well as on the hopes and anxieties that they faced in their daily existence, and which are
illustrated in the predictions interpreting each dream.

This talk will provide a unique insight into this fascinating material, most of which still lies
unpublished and remains inaccessible to the wider public.

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