News
This is the 19th January 2025 updated edition of the website. Any ideas and contributions for additions to the site will be gratefully received. Check back often for Society news. Changes today include details of the February 2025 Zoom meeting.
The regular February meeting is Saturday 15th February 2025 at 16.00 UK time (please note the later than usual start.) The meeting will be held on 'Zoom.' The speaker is Angus Graham giving his lecture 'Amenhotep III's Mansion of Millions of Years.' 'Zoom' waiting room usually opens around 15.45 for 16.00. The cost of the February talk will be £3 for paid up UK members and £4 for paid up overseas members. For guests, the fee will be £6 - UK and overseas based people.
The 2024 - 2025 programme has been more fluid than usual, but the website continues to be updated with the new information incorporated into the monthly programme. The new material is uploaded as time permits, The 2024 / 25 season SAES leaflet did not appear under the 'About Us' tab due to the many changes forced on us this season. It is hoped that the 2025 - 2026 season will be more stable, and a leaflet will then be produced once that full programme is finalised.
To avoid disappointment, please register as soon as you can for meetings. Administration of the 'Zoom' virtual meetings means that some time is needed to register and process applications. Please register at least the evening before a meeting and, if possible, as early as you can to guarantee your place.
It has not been possible to return to our pre-Covid venue at Oasis Academy. Zoom meetings will continue for the foreseeable future, supplemented by occasional face to face meetings. The occasional meetings will be at Itchen College. The 'meeting venue' tab under the 'about us' section of the website has been updated accordingly.
Hoteps 83, 84 and 85 (the latest editions up to and including the October 2024 copy of the Society newsletter) have been added.
Hoteps can be found under the 'About Us' tab and then under 'Hotep Newsletter'. Future editions of Hotep will be added shortly after they are published.
The programme for the 2024 / 2025 season is given below.
Thursday 19 September 2024. Annual General Meeting. (This meeting alone is 'members only.') 1830 for 19.00 UK time.
Saturday 21 September 2024. Katherine Slinger: 'A Beautiful Death: New Kingdom Theban Tomb Decoration And Design.' 1400 UK time.
Wednesday 2 October 2024. Rita Lucarelli': 'Punishers or Protectors? Demons in Ancient Egypt.' 18.30 UK time.
Saturday 19 October 2024. Joint meeting with Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society. Mark Lehner: 'The Archaeology of the Sphinx.' 14.00 UK time. Fund raising meeting for AERA.
Saturday 16 November 2024. Peter J Brand: 'The Buildings of Seti I.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 30 November 2024. Bernadette Brady: 'Celestial Evolution: Shifting Egyptian Perspectives on the Heavens from the Old Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Period.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 14 December 2024. Katharina Zinn: 'Forgotten Objects, the Public and the Extraordinary - Ancient Egyptian Objects from Cyfartha Castle Museum as Tool to Fascinate.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 18 January 2025. Glenn Godenho: 'Questions and Directions in Archaeological Work at Ankhtifi's Tomb Complex.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 15 February 2025. Angus Graham: 'Amenhotep III's Mansion of Millions of Years.' 16.00 UK time.
Saturday 1 March 2025. Face-to-face meeting at Itchen College - NOT ON ZOOM. Aidan Dodson: 'Ramesses III, King of Egypt.' 1400. Advance booking essential. Cost will be £5. Details will appear under the March tab on this website.
Saturday 15 March 2025. Ed Scrivens: 'Goddesses in Ramesside Egypt: Investigating Representations of Gendered Roles and Agency in the Divine World.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 26 April 2025. Hilary Wilson: 'Who Ate All The Fish? Fish Consumption in Ancient Egypt.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 17 May 2025. Chris Elliott: 'The Lighthouse, the Laser and the Stone.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 07 June 2025. Face-to-face meeting at Itchen College - NOT ON ZOOM. Robert Morkot: 'Queen Tiye.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 05 July 2025. Paul Docherty: 'Using Digital Archaeology in Egyptology.' 14.00 UK time. Title to be confirmed.
September 2025. Annual General Meeting. (This meeting alone is 'members only.') 1830 for 19.00 UK time.
ln September 2020, the Society welcomed its first overseas members. Since then, we have been joined by people from around the world, as well as parts of the UK well away from our normal catchment area. Welcome to everyone and to all our new members.
If you are based anywhere, inside or outside the UK, you can still join our virtual meetings. Why not give it a try? (All meetings are UK time.)
For all virtual meetings, attendees will be emailed a link to be able to view it. The way for this to happen is that members are emailed a reminder, and requested to register for the meeting. The current arrangements are summarised below and repeated on the 'Join Us' webpage.
Zoom Meeting Joining Instructions
Meetings will be announced via the usual monthly reminder emails where the registration link will be given. To join a meeting, all you have to do is follow these steps:
1: Click on the registration link and enter your name and email address to register for the meeting.
2: If you have not already paid the meeting fee in advance, contact the Secretary at saesinfo55@gmail.com to arrange payment. Payments can be made by BACS transfer, through PayPal, or by cheque. Details below.
3: Look out for the link which will be sent during the week before the meeting. You may need to check your junk or spam folders in case it goes astray. If you have not received this link by the day before the meeting please try registering again or contact the Secretary. For reasons of security and copyright the meeting link should not be shared with anyone else.
Payments
For the new season, 1 Oct 2024 – 30 Sep 2025, subscription rates are as follows (subject to confirmation at the AGM):
Existing UK Members : £10 (note, an additional payment of £30 can be added for 10 regular Zoom meeting fees, pro rata'd as the society year progresses.)
New UK Members: £10 (note, an additional payment of £30 can be added for 10 regular Zoom meeting fees, pro rata'd as the society year progresses.)
Overseas Members: £12 (additional payment of £40 for 10 regular Zoom meeting fees, pro rata'd as the society year progresses.)
Meeting fees:
Regular monthly meetings: Members: £3
Overseas Members: £4
Non-Members: £6
Occasional evening meetings, lecture series/courses, occasional face-to-face meetings & study days: individually priced.
Note that all fees are under review for 2024 - 2025. The subscription rates are lower than when the Society host physical meetings, as we do not have to hire a venue.
Payment details:
Payments may be made through: PayPal to treasurer.saes@gmail.com
BACS transfer to Lloyds Bank 30-90-86 account No: 01068756
Southampton Ancient Egypt Society
Cheque sent to The Secretary,
10 Cobbett Way
Botley
SOUTHAMPTON
SO30 2ET
Please note that cheques are often delayed in the post post Covid 19. Please post early!
Anyone paying by bank transfer PLEASE let the secretary know by email, so the transaction can be correctly allocated to you.
The membership subscription rates for 2024/2025 are lower than our time at Oasis Academy due to not having to hire a venue for Zoom meetings. For more information, please contact the Southampton Ancient Egypt Society Secretary using saesinfo55@gmail.com.
A 'Quick Zoom Tutorial' has been prepared and emailed to members. New members who would like a copy, please contact the Secretary using saesinfo55@gmail.com
Please check the website often for updates..
Meetings will be advertised on the website, on Facebook, in the news-letter and in our regular reminder emails. As a matter of security, we are asking for attendees to register in advance for each meeting, as detailed above.
Although it has not yet posed a problem, there is a limit to the number of people we can accommodate in a Zoom meeting and there may come a time when a lecture or, for instance, the Study Day, is over-subscribed. In that case priority will be given to Members. For this reason, non-members cannot use the prepay scheme.
The Southampton Ancient Egypt Society Committee have largely filled out the programme for 2024 / 2025. As soon as further information becomes available, the webmaster will place it in the NEWS section. A programme leaflet for 2024 – 2025 may be prepared to include details of Society meetings next season. It will be available under the 'About Us' tab on this website.
There have been problems with the Society email address. A new address has now been obtained - saesinfo55@gmail.com
The old email address is now unreliable, and the new saesinfo55@gmail.com is the best way to contact Southampton Ancient Egypt Society electronically. Telephone and postal address remain the same.
Hoodies,' sweatshirts and polo shirts are selling well. Several members have worn them at recent meetings. They all have a woven 'Southampton Ancient Egypt Society logo,' and are available to order. Colours are white, navy or sky blue. Please contact Annette (our Secretary.)
Photograph. Current and former committee members at the 20th birthday meeting in September 2018. Left to right, David Marriott, Susan Marriott, Keith Rider, Jenny Turner, Carol Carswell, Norman Pease, Glenn Worthington, Hilary Wilson, Annette Winter, David Soper, Nicola Simpson, Mary Carter, Mark Walker, Maggie Pilling and Peter Funnel.
