This fan page has been set up to promote the great work performed both by the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London, and by the Friends of the Petrie Museum (PMF).
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- Location:
- London, United Kingdom, WC1E 6BT
- Phone:
- 44 (0)20 7679 2884
- Tues - Fri:
- 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Sat:
- 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
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Sarah's Favourite Items from The Petrie CollectionCreated on November 29, 2008 at 11:02am
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- Framing the Archaeologist:
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Tuesday, September 22 at 9:00am - Annual Book Auction!
Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre, Ro...
Monday, December 14 at 6:00pm - Ancient Egyptian baskets: pla...
Lecture Theatre G6
Friday, December 11 at 6:30pm - PMF lecture: Pendlebury at Amarna
G6 lecture theatre, Inst of Archaeo...
Friday, November 13 at 6:30pm - Egyptian Art: Ancient till Now
Archaeology Lecture Theatre (G6), I...
Thursday, October 22 at 6:30pm - Ancient Egypt, Racial Construc...
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Thursday, October 15 at 6:30pm - Friends of the Petrie Museum l...
Lecture Theatre G6, Institute of Ar...
Friday, October 9 at 6:30pm - Origins and Meanings: Shomarka...
Archaeology Lecture Theatre (G6), I...
Thursday, October 1 at 6:00pm - The Egyptian Temple in London
various in London
Saturday, September 26 at 1:00pm - Gurob Harem Palace Project
Lecture Theatre 1, Cruciform Buildi...
Friday, September 11 at 6:00pm
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- Why this fan page was set up! 11:14am Nov 29
Petrie Museum Unofficial Page The Friends mailing list will be a little late this year, due to the amazing amount of books mostly from the late Phyllis Grierson collection to be sorted and the early closing of UCL postroom, but there will be a private viewing of the Wissa Wassef tapestry on the 21st Jan 2010, and in the mailing will be the booking ...forms for the New Year Party on the 29th Jan, so keep those free!
Petrie Museum Unofficial Page Thanks to everyone who attended the Petrie book auction and who bid online, we managed to raise over £12000!
Petrie Museum Unofficial Page the petrie auction is THIS Monday, 6.45pm, at the Institute of archaeology, but if you can't wait til then, there is a lecture by Barbara Wills speaking about Basketry from 6.30pm on Friday
Petrie Museum Unofficial Page the annual petrie museum book auction is coming up, the email of booklists is due out soon. If you would like to register to receive the email of booklists, email petriebooks@ijnet.com
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Our evening will start with drinks at 6pm and a viewing of the books. The auction will take place at 6.45pm and it will be possible to recharge your glasses throughout the evening!
It will be possible to bid for the books online- the list will be emailled out at the end of OCTOBER.
If you registered last year to receive... email updates of the booklists and bids, you don't need to do anything.
If you didn't, you can register by emailling petriebooks@ijnet.demon.co.uk
If you would like a hard copy of the book lists, contact Jan (see below)
The auction will run online as in previous years, and culminate in the live auction on the 14th December, so that as many people as want to can participate.
If you have any books that you would like to donate, drop them into the museum at any time or contact Jan (see below)
This is always an enjoyable event, and all proceeds go to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
Contact Jan on
Mob: 07761823129
Friends' Voicemail: 020 76792369
Email: janpicton@ijnet.demon.co.uk
All welcome, please encourage your friends to attend!
Time:6:00PM Monday, December 14th
Location:Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre, Roberts Engineering Building
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Friends of the Petrie Museum lecture
All lectures are free to members and do not need to be booked, guests welcome!
lecturer Barbara Wills
Time:6:30PM Friday, December 11th
Location:Lecture Theatre G6
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Rosalind Janssen lectures on Pendlebury at Amarna
All lectures are free to Petrie Museum Friends, and do not need to be booked, just turn up!
with Rosalind Janssen
Time:6:30PM Friday, November 13th
Location:G6 lecture theatre, Inst of Archaeology, UCL
Petrie Museum Unofficial Page A Friends of the Petrie Museum lecture. Dr Alice Stevenson explores the development of religious rituals at the site of Abydos. Inventing traditions: performances in predynastic cemeteries. Time: 9 October, 18.30 Location: G6 Instute of Archaeology, 31 Gordon Square. All welcome
Petrie Museum Unofficial Page A talk on the nineteenth-century anatomist and racial scientist Robert Knox’s work on Egypt in Races of Men. Sometimes known as the ‘Father of British Racism’, Robert Knox was fascinated by what the statuary art of Ancient Egypt said about race and civilisation. This talk explores and critiques his observations.
Time:6:30PM Thursday, October 15th
Location:Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
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Shomarka Keita will speak about the history of ideas about the origins, or rather the history of comments on ‘race’ and the Egyptians. He will draw on some of Flinders Petrie's interesting ideas as will as talking about the uses of multiple sources in historical anthropology and comment on more recent work around the s...ubject.
Dr Shomarka Keita is a physician and anthropologist, affiliated with Howard University and the Smithsonian Institution, USA. His work is rooted in an evolutionary biogeographical perspective and he has made crucial points regarding biological anthropology and ancient Egypt.
lecture by Shomarka Keita
Time:6:00PM Thursday, October 1st
Location:Archaeology Lecture Theatre (G6), Institute of Archaeology, UCL,
Petrie Museum Unofficial Page Now is a great time to visit the Petrie, as the collection that was on holiday in America, Excavating Egypt, is on back and on display in specially commissioned cases!
Petrie Museum Unofficial Page just to remind everyone, now is a great time to visit the Petrie, especially as the collection that went on holiday to America, Excavating Egypt, is now back and on display in new specially commissioned cases!
Petrie Museum Unofficial Page Objects you may have missed: A Horse's Harness. Note all the intricate details, functionality and beauty!
www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk
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Objects that you might have missed in the Petrie Museum: A Mycenean Stirrip Jar
Not everything in the Petrie Museum is Egyptian!
www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk
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The Ancient World Conference for 2009 will be held at University College London instead of Reading on the 12th and 13th September. Speakers will include Dr Sabry Abd el- Aziz and the Petrie museum's own curator Stephen Quirke and the PMF chairman Lucia Gahlin amongst others. Do come along if you can!
Tickets £155, with... optional campus accommodation at £40 per night
email conference@ancient.co.uk
www.ancient.co.uk
AWT is delighted to announce The Ancient World Conference to be held at Reading University on 12th and 13th September 2009. This conference presents a series of illustrated lectures from an exclusive and exciting panel of experts covering a range of fascinating and absorbing subjects
