The Egypt Exploration Society

Explore everything #Egypt with @TheEES! We promote Egyptian #archaeology and #heritage, because we envisage #Egyptian cultural heritage preserved for posterity!

[The Egypt Exploration Society @TheEES]

🏛️🚨Historic news! We’re thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a £2.03 million grant from @HeritageFundUK!

#SavingHeritage #NationalLottery #HeritageFund

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Support our campaign

Contribute to the EES Building the Future campaign to secure the future of UK Egyptology and help us reach our #EESFest fundraising goal!

Donate now👇
https://t.co/oImaCGwty4

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Come say hello at our Open Day for #EESFest!

📸 View Behind the Scenes: Photography Exhibition centring Egyptian workers, led by Hekayyatna and curated by Halima Ibrahim.

ℹ️ https://t.co/OO911KxJ3K

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Join @TheEES Open Day and walk the walls etched with the Society's memories before they're redeveloped!

We'll have fundraising activities for #EESFest, like a medallion workshop with a talk on #AncientEgyptian ceramics by Thomas Clarke!

See you there!
ℹ️https://t.co/OO911KxJ3K

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Experience #AncientEgypt like never before at our Night at the #Museum next Tuesday! #EESFest

Join us @PetrieMuseEgypt for the chance to handle historic artefacts, uncover fascinating stories, and explore the museum's connection with @TheEES.

Book now: https://t.co/A3fY7ptnpA

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As part of our Volunteers' Week series, we're giving a huge shout out to the incredible organisations that members of the IFCo family are proud to support through volunteering:
@stalbansmuseums
@santegidionews
@redcrosscanada
@TheEES

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Did you know that mammoths were still alive (on a remote Siberian island) when the Great Pyramid was built? 🦣

Dive into more fascinating trivia at our Virtual Quiz Night on 18 June – tickets available now: https://t.co/Nz5PJxVRUz
#EESFest

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🚨Happening today! #EESFest

Book online tickets here: https://t.co/7G4SkeRuto

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Tut-ankh-Camden @TheEES – Exploring Egyptian Heritage from Camden since 1882 (or thereabouts!)

@CGraves88 presents the history of Egyptology from the viewpoint of Camden – our base on and off since we first found premises in 1892.

📅2 June⏰1pm🇬🇧3pm🇪🇬
🎫https://t.co/7G4SkeS2iW

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🎵The Mummy, Directed by Stephen Sommers, Alphaville Films and Universal Pictures, 1999.

We're holding this event in memory of John J Johnston, Vice-Chair of the EES and dearly missed colleague. Come and raise a glass with us on this night of Egyptomania!
https://t.co/70ZyNe4MzB

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🚨📢 LAST TICKETS LEFT for our screening of The Mummy (1999) on Wednesday! #EESFest

Join us at @TheGardenCinema for an evening of Hollywood bingo, as we watch a movie that defined the interests of a whole generation of budding Egyptologists.

Book now: https://t.co/70ZyNe4MzB

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Don't forget to view Hekayyatna's Behind the Scenes photo exhibition at events in 3 Doughty Mews, including Thurs drop-ins! Egyptian workers are centred through contemporary photos by Egyptian diaspora photographers and historical images from our archive.
https://t.co/0iisJ2tcQF

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We're excited to see you at #EESFest this June!

Our first week kicks off the programme with a lecture on @TheEES' history within Camden, a screening of The Mummy (1999) @TheGardenCinema, as well as the final EES Open Day before redevelopment!

Book now: https://t.co/0iisJ2tcQF

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May’s spotlight in our #ADozenDiscoveries series is an object card from @TheEES’ 1969-70 excavation season at Saqqara’s Sacred Animal Necropolis, recording a wooden box with a carved ichneumon, or Egyptian mongoose (SAQ-SAN.OC.69-70.4214).
ℹ️Find out more on Facebook or Instagram

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Further details about booking this #BookAuction on Wed 24 June at 6pm🇬🇧8pm🇪🇬for in-person or virtual attendance, bidding by email in advance, collecting items, and our auction terms and conditions are available via our website or email [email protected].
https://t.co/T6NTJzhjrr

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On 24 June, we'll be auctioning a variety of rare, antique and valuable books alongside luxury items and experiences from local businesses!

You can also bid in advance via email, so check our first list of lots available now! #EESFest

Find out more: https://t.co/T6NTJzhjrr

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We're auctioning off a special selection of @TheEES' very own back catalogue, including:
📘Beni Hasan
📘Cemeteries of Abydos
📘Deir el-Bahari
📘Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos (see below)
📘Statuary from Royal Buildings at Amarna
👩‍⚖️Bid now before they're gone forever! #EESFest

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Join @TheEES Open Day and walk the walls etched with the Society's memories before they're redeveloped!

We'll have fundraising activities for #EESFest, like a medallion workshop with a talk on #AncientEgyptian ceramics by Thomas Clarke!

See you there!
ℹ️https://t.co/OO911KxJ3K

[The Egypt Exploration Society @TheEES]

Tut-ankh-Camden @TheEES – Exploring Egyptian Heritage from Camden since 1882 (or thereabouts!)

@CGraves88 presents the history of Egyptology from the viewpoint of Camden – our base on and off since we first found premises in 1892.

📅2 June⏰1pm🇬🇧3pm🇪🇬
🎫https://t.co/7G4SkeS2iW

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We're thrilled to announce two new members of @TheEES team!

👤Publications Manager @drmeggundlach
👤Cairo Office Manager @ziad_morsy

Find out more about them and how they plan on shaping our next chapter here: https://t.co/QVnzSTjuvv

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@TheEES will be contributing to the 'Finding funding during your PhD' session on Friday morning for @UoBEgyptology!
Register for 🆓 https://t.co/Cwg32w592T
#BES2026 #Egyptology #Funding

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The programme for the next Birmingham Egyptology PGR Community Event is now available!
Check it out: https://t.co/pKz2RJTIG3
- Friday 15 May 2026
- From 9am (UK time)
- Alan Walters, Room G11 & online (hybrid event)

#egyptology #community #pgr #postgratuates #ukuniversities

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Closing remarks by Carl Graves (EES) and Seif El Rashidi (Barakat Trust) will discuss to what extent heritage continues to inform our future.

Co-organised: @TheEES & @Barakat_org
Support: @British_Egy & @RAS_Soc
Members receive reduced rates. Book now👇
https://t.co/CSmzq4Pmpb

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‘Preserving’ Egyptian Heritage: A Tale as Old as Time?

Our hybrid Study Day unpacks historical efforts to preserve Egypt’s heritage as well as the concept of ‘preservation’, what has been preserved, for whom, and why.

📅27 June
🎫£15-£40 for #EESFest!
ℹ️https://t.co/CSmzq4Pmpb

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The continued reuse and restoration of monuments throughout the Medieval Period will be revealed by Doris Behrens-Abouseif. Finally, Dina Bakhoum will introduce the restorations of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe in Egypt. #EESFest