Cairo event assistants Mohamed Ibrahim, Maha Mohammed, Mostafa Y Tolba, Mostafa Ezz Alarab (2015-ongoing) Expand A team of volunteers assist Essam Nagy (our Cairo Fieldwork and Engagement Manager) in providing regular lectures, evening classes and conferences in Egypt. Details of forthcoming events can be found on our website.
Cataloguing the correspondence Dr Brigitte Balanda (2014-ongoing) Expand Brigitte started volunteering for the Society in January 2014 and took on the mammoth task of scanning, cataloguing and transcribing our sub-archive of correspondence, dating from around the foundation of the Fund through to the 1920s. There are an estimated 6500 documents in these collections, and Brigitte has so far completed the recording of around 2000 (as per December 2015). The final aim for this project is to put transcriptions into the Society’s online library and archive catalogue so that they are searchable. Collection highlights by Brigitte in the early correspondence: Deciphering and discovering: Cataloguing the Early Correspondence Some detective work, and a real-life murder mystery The Multi-talented Mrs McClure
Digitizing the distribution Alix Robinson (2015-ongoing) Expand As part of the Society’s partnership with the Artefacts of Excavation project run by Dr Alice Stevenson at UCL we have been aided by Alix Robinson in scanning all of our records relating to the distribution of artefacts from archaeological sites in Egypt between 1882 and 1980. Hundreds of records in 79 different files will be scanned and catalogued before they are uploaded on the Artefacts of Excavation website. Alix writes about the distribution of EES excavated artefacts to the Bristol Museum here.
Managing the Cairo library Mohamed Ibrahim, Maha Mohammed, Mostafa Y Tolba, Mostafa Ezz Alarab (2015-ongoing) Expand As the Cairo library is now regularly used by members wanting to research the history of Egypt and the Society, a team of volunteers regularly manage the library collections ensuring that books are easy to find and that users know which books are most useful for their work.
Organising the London library Tilly Burton, Barbara Youngman, and Hazel Gray (2017-ongoing) Expand As the London office transitions to becoming a specialist research institution, our team of library volunteers have removed duplicate copies of books and reorganised the library to allow room for new acquisitions. The volunteers are working on deaccessioning the superfluous books and donating them to libraries across the U.K.
Running the Egyptian Archaeology Skills School 2018 Manon Schutz, Thais Rocha, and Ellie Jones (2018) Expand The Egyptian Archaeology Skills School started in 2016 as a week long training course at the London office that teaches students various skills that are required on excavations in Egypt, including pottery drawing, GIS, and surveying. In its third year, Manon, Thais, and Ellie have organised the EASS including booking speakers, registering attendees, and creating the programme.
Scanning the Saqqara Sacred Animal Necropolis slides Julia Hamilton (2017-ongoing) Expand The EES has a number of slides in the archive from excavations at the Saqqara Sacred Animal Necropolis. Julia is cleaning, scanning, and rehousing into new archive boxes each of the slides, which is the first time these images have been seen in decades. Once the project is complete, the images will be uploaded to Flickr for all to view.
Scanning the Survey of Memphis slides Manon Schutz (2017-ongoing) Expand The EES has over 3000 Survey of Memphis slides in the archive. Manon is cleaning, scanning, and rehousing into new archive boxes each of the slides, which is the first time these images have been seen in almost 30 years. Once the project is complete, the images will be uploaded to Flickr for all to view.