Egypt
McDonald Institute
- Harry Smith, The Nubian Survey And An A-group Cemetery
Egypt Exploration Society An excerpt from the Society’s Oral History Project interview with Professor Harry Smith has now appeared on the Society’s YouTube channel and is available below. In this part of the interview, which was conducted by Chris...
- New Book: Qasr Ibrim: The Textiles From The Cathedral Cemetery
Egypt Exploration Society The Egypt Exploration Society’s new title, Qasr Ibrim: The Textiles from the Cathedral Cemetery by Elisabeth Grace Crowfoot is now available to order. Elisabeth Grace Crowfoot is an expert on ancient textiles and in 1976...
- Barry Kemp Awarded A Cbe
Egypt Exploration Society Many congratulations to Professor Barry Kemp of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, and Director of the EES excavations at Amarna from 1977 until 2008, who was awarded a CBE in the New...
- Sad News: Harry James
Thanks very much to Bob Partridge for letting me know that Harry James has passed away. Harry James was a Vice-President and former Chairman of the Egypt Exploration Society, and former Keeper of Ancient Egypt at the British Museum. He died last Wednesday...
- Peter Ucko Obituary
The Independent (Neal Ascherson) Peter John Ucko, archaeologist: born London 27 July 1938; Lecturer in Anthropology, University College London 1962-72, Director, Institute of Archaeology and Professor of Comparative Archaeology 1996-2006 (Emeritus); Principal,...
Egypt
Sad News: Dr John Alexander
McDonald Institute
Fellows and Members will be saddened to hear of the death, on Monday 16th August, of Dr John Alexander, aged 88. Previously a student at Pembroke College, he had been a Fellow of St John's College since 1976 and was a former Lecturer in Iron Age Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology.
During his time in the Department and after retirement, he continued to pursue both European and African archaeology, undertaking rescue archaeology within Cambridgeshire and neighbouring counties, and later being Director of the Egypt Exploration Society excavations at Qasr Ibrim, in Egyptian Nubia.
He was involved in the founding of ‘Rescue’ and served for many years on the councils of the Prehistoric Society, the Council for British Archaeology, and the Sudan Archaeological Research Society, being Vice-President of the former two institutions, and Vice-Chairman of the latter. In addition he was a Council member of the Egypt Exploration Society and the British Institute in Eastern Africa, founding editor of the Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology and President of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.
- Harry Smith, The Nubian Survey And An A-group Cemetery
Egypt Exploration Society An excerpt from the Society’s Oral History Project interview with Professor Harry Smith has now appeared on the Society’s YouTube channel and is available below. In this part of the interview, which was conducted by Chris...
- New Book: Qasr Ibrim: The Textiles From The Cathedral Cemetery
Egypt Exploration Society The Egypt Exploration Society’s new title, Qasr Ibrim: The Textiles from the Cathedral Cemetery by Elisabeth Grace Crowfoot is now available to order. Elisabeth Grace Crowfoot is an expert on ancient textiles and in 1976...
- Barry Kemp Awarded A Cbe
Egypt Exploration Society Many congratulations to Professor Barry Kemp of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, and Director of the EES excavations at Amarna from 1977 until 2008, who was awarded a CBE in the New...
- Sad News: Harry James
Thanks very much to Bob Partridge for letting me know that Harry James has passed away. Harry James was a Vice-President and former Chairman of the Egypt Exploration Society, and former Keeper of Ancient Egypt at the British Museum. He died last Wednesday...
- Peter Ucko Obituary
The Independent (Neal Ascherson) Peter John Ucko, archaeologist: born London 27 July 1938; Lecturer in Anthropology, University College London 1962-72, Director, Institute of Archaeology and Professor of Comparative Archaeology 1996-2006 (Emeritus); Principal,...