Skip over main navigation
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
Egypt Exploration Society
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
Join Donate
Menu
  • Who we are
    • Our mission
    • Our history
    • Meet the team
      • Presidents
      • Board of Trustees
      • Staff
      • Volunteers
        • Current projects
        • Previous projects
    • Our governance
  • What we do
    • Making a difference
    • Research
      • Delta Survey
      • Current projects
      • Previous projects
    • Publications
    • Education and training
    • Young Explorers' Club
  • Support our work
    • by Supporting our appeal
    • by Donating
    • by Joining
      • Membership
      • Patron Circle
      • Amelia Edwards Circle
    • By Rejoining/Renewing
    • by Leaving a Legacy
    • by Being an EES Local Ambassador
  • Our collections
    • Collection highlights
    • Reproduction requests and fees
    • Library
    • Archive
    • Papyri
  • News and events
    • News
    • Events
    • The EES Congress
  • Shop
  • Admin
    • Log in
  • Basket: (0 items)
  • New hope for Egyptian heritage at risk

    New hope for Egyptian heritage at risk

    You smashed our target to make emergency funds available for Egyptian heritage Read more

  • Egyptian Archaeology – online!

    Egyptian Archaeology – online!

    Wouldn't it be great if our magazine Egyptian Archaeology would be available online as well? Well, now it is, through a free digital publishing platform! Read more

  • Tax efficient giving for US supporters

    Tax efficient giving for US supporters

    We are delighted to announce that the Egypt Exploration Society is now recognised by the British Schools & Universities Foundation in the US. Read more

  • BEC5 goes virtual

    BEC5 goes virtual

    The biannual Egyptology Congress will now be held virtually in 2020 Read more

  • New hope for Egyptian heritage at risk
  • Egyptian Archaeology – online!
  • Tax efficient giving for US supporters
  • BEC5 goes virtual
  • Next
  • Prev
  1. News and events
  2. News

News

Read all of our latest news about fieldwork, publications, events, and more below.

If you'd like regular reminders for our upcoming activities then make sure you sign up for our mailing list at the bottom of the page. A full archive of previous e-newsletter can be found here. 

Bringing you the latest research

Bringing you the latest research

Volume 106 of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology published Read more

Published: 11th January, 2021

Updated: 12th January, 2021

Author: Carl Graves

Related topics:
  • News
The difference you made possible

The difference you made possible

Look what your subscriptions and donations helped to achieve in 2020, and a commitment for 2021 Read more

Published: 16th December, 2020

Updated: 8th January, 2021

Author: Carl Graves

Related topics:
  • News
New hope for Egyptian heritage at risk

New hope for Egyptian heritage at risk

You smashed our target to make emergency funds available for Egyptian heritage Read more

Published: 24th November, 2020

Author: Carl Graves

Related topics:
  • News
Egyptian Archaeology 57 is out

Egyptian Archaeology 57 is out

Find out what's inside the autumn issue, from ancient graffiti in Karnak to falcon gods at Kom el-Hettan. Read more

Published: 30th October, 2020

Updated: 2nd November, 2020

Author: Jan Geisbusch

Related topics:
  • News
Local communities and heritage

Local communities and heritage

Bringing specialists together to discuss practices of community engagement in Egypt and Sudan Read more

Published: 24th October, 2020

Author: Carl Graves

Related topics:
  • News
EES Library and Office Closure Notice - September 2020

EES Library and Office Closure Notice - September 2020

Changes to operations in response to COVID-19 Read more

Published: 23rd September, 2020

Author: Carl Graves

Related topics:
  • News
Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2020

Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2020

This year’s AGM will be held virtually on 21st November 2020. Here we provide details of the Board’s recommendations for election as Trustees and some further details for the event. Read more

Published: 1st September, 2020

Updated: 10th November, 2020

Author: Carl Graves

Related topics:
  • News
EES Heritage at Risk Grant Appeal

EES Heritage at Risk Grant Appeal

COVID-19 has DECIMATED tourism in Egypt but MILLIONS of Egyptian people depend on tourism for survival. At times like this heritage is DANGEROUSLY at risk and needs your HELP now. A little money can go a long way toward PROTECTING heritage and supporting those working with it. Please donate to our grant programme NOW. Read more

Published: 10th August, 2020

Updated: 24th November, 2020

Author: Carl Graves

Related topics:
  • News
Reopening the Society's library: Phase one

Reopening the Society's library: Phase one

A message from the Director Read more

Published: 30th July, 2020

Updated: 23rd September, 2020

Author: Carl Graves

Related topics:
  • News
Egyptian Archaeology – online!

Egyptian Archaeology – online!

Wouldn't it be great if our magazine Egyptian Archaeology would be available online as well? Well, now it is, through a free digital publishing platform! Read more

Published: 22nd July, 2020

Updated: 7th October, 2020

Author: Jan Geisbusch

Related topics:
  • News
An update from the Chair

An update from the Chair

A update about recent developments at the EES from Dr Linda Steynor, Chair of the Egypt Exploration Society Read more

Published: 17th July, 2020

Author: Carl Graves

Related topics:
  • News
Good Archaeology, Bad Archaeologists?

Good Archaeology, Bad Archaeologists?

What do we do when the EES pioneers we admire were also looters, racists, and white supremacists? A report about the online discussion with Heba Abd el Gawad (Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage), Carl Graves (EES) and Stephanie Boonstra (EES). Read more

Published: 2nd July, 2020

Updated: 4th July, 2020

Author: Carl Graves

Related topics:
  • News
Load more Back to top

Showing 10 of 153

Latest

  • Online lecture: Ished tree scenes in ancient Egypt

    Online lecture: Ished tree scenes in ancient Egypt

    What were they? Why were they important? Join Dr Mary Ann Marazzi as she explains the meaning and function of ished-tree scenes.

  • Online lecture: Branding, Non-Literacy, and Bread in Ancient Egypt

    Online lecture: Branding, Non-Literacy, and Bread in Ancient Egypt

    Present Theory Meets Past Practice. Join Dr Sabrina Rampersad as she explores branding and bread production in Ancient Egypt.

  • Online lecture: Terms of Gendered Representation

    Online lecture: Terms of Gendered Representation

    Join Dr Ellie Jones as she reassesses the role of elite women in early-mid 18th Dynasty funerary iconography from Thebes and El-Kab.

  • Bringing you the latest research

    Bringing you the latest research

    Volume 106 of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology published

Most read

  • P.Oxy LXXXIII 5345

    P.Oxy LXXXIII 5345

    EES statement regarding P.Oxy LXXXIII 5345

  • Publications

    Publications

    Replace with your own content

  • Professor Obbink and missing EES papyri

    Professor Obbink and missing EES papyri

    An update

  • Membership

    Become a member

  • Egyptian Archaeology

    Egyptian Archaeology

    Our full-colour magazine, published in spring and autumn, reporting on current excavations, surveys and research in Egypt, showcasing the work of the EES as well as of other researchers and field directors.

  • Graeco-Roman Memoirs

    Graeco-Roman Memoirs

    An annual publication of translations of papyri discovered by Grenfell and Hunt at Oxyrhynchus, as well as other papyri and Graeco-Roman material held by the Society.

  • Lucy Gura Archive

    Lucy Gura Archive

    A unique record of the Society’s contribution to the field of Egyptology from the founding of the EEF in 1882, including thousands of items relating to the history of Egypt and the exploration of its heritage.

  • Apply for funding

    Apply for funding

  • Our mission

    Our mission

    is to SUPPORT and PROMOTE Egyptian cultural heritage, because we envisage a world where the cultural heritage of Egypt is preserved for posterity.

  • The Oxyrhynchus Papyri

    The Oxyrhynchus Papyri

    A collection of over 500,000 fragments of literary and documentary texts dating from the third century BC to the seventh century AD

Sign-up to our newsletter

  • Contact us
  • Find us
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Registered Charity No. 212384
Registered Company No. 25816

  • Sitemap
  • Accessibility
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • FAQs