Find us...

...in London

The Egypt Exploration Society
3 Doughty Mews
London WC1N 2PG

Phone: +44 (0)20 7242 1880
Contact us

Opening times and closures

Monday – Wednesday, 10:30-16:30

Staff are only available by phone during the office hours of Monday-Wednesdays between 10:30 and 16:30.

Read more about our reopening roadmap

The office and library will be closed on/between the following dates:

Summer closure: Monday 2 August - Friday 3 September 2021 (reopen Monday 6 September 2021)

Christmas closure: Monday 20th December - Friday 31st December 2021 (reopen Tuesday 4 January 2022)

...in Cairo

The Egypt Exploration Society
c/o British Council
192 Sharia el-Nil, Agouza
Cairo

Phone: +20 (0)2 33001886
Email: [email protected]

Opening times and closures

The EES Cairo Office is currently closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Contact us with any enquiries relevant to the Cairo Office.

Latest

Archaeobotanical remains from South Abydos

(Centenary Award, 2021). Project director: Alaa Shams, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Supporting Egyptian heritage

Join us at this joint EES-EHRF evening to hear about the new EES Heritage at Risk Grants for 2021-22. Start time - 17:00 (Egypt)
BEC5 papers and posters

Papers and posters presented at the fifth British Egyptology Congress (2020)
Workshop: Excavations and Engagement

Communicating Archaeology to the General Public with Charlotte Jordan. Start time - 18:00 (Egypt).

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Professor Obbink and missing EES papyri

An update
Membership

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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.
The royal crowns of Egypt

Explore the royal regalia of the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt and maybe spot some on your next museum visit!
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
Graeco-Roman Memoirs

A volume 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

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

Thanks to generous donations from its supporters, in 2021 the Egypt Exploration Society is offering two funding programmes to support research projects.