The Arts Society Salisbury Lecture
- £8.00
- 14 Jul 26
- St Francis' Church, Beatrice Road, Salisbury
- 13:50 - 15:00
A lecture by The Arts Society accredited lecturer Lucia Gahlin entitled Ancient Egyptian Treasures in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford houses one of the finest collections of Egyptian antiquities in the UK. In this lecture Lucia explores a wealth of ancient material, examining highlights of the collection from the Predynastic Period (4th millennium BC) through to the Roman Period (2nd century AD). Outstanding pieces in terms of art, history and culture will include some of Egypt’s earliest monumental art – the decorated ceremonial mace-heads of Egypt’s first pharaohs; the ‘Amarna Princesses’ wall-painting dating to the reign of Egypt’s ‘heretic pharaoh’ Akhenaten; and the shrine of the Nubian pharaoh Taharqa, the only monument of its kind in the UK.
Lecturer Biography:
Egyptologist who has worked in museums and on excavations in Egypt, but these days mostly lectures. Former Honorary Research Associate at University College London’s Institute of Archaeology, and Lecturer in Egyptology at several UK universities. Works at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London. Leads tours to Egypt. Former Director of Bloomsbury Summer School at UCL, Chair of the Friends of the Petrie Museum, and Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society. Publications include Egypt: gods, myths, religion. Happy to bring both laptop and digital projector if required. Happy to lecture online from home.
Image - The Amarna princesses (Akhenaten & Nefertiti\'s daughters), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford