PMFExtra 2
This issue presents two lecture reports and an article kindly supplied by three different sources: a PMF trustee; a former member of the Petrie Museum staff; one of our most regular PMF member reporters. …
Friends of the Petrie Museum Study Day: The provincial cemeteries of Rifeh – Saturday, 13 July 2024
Saturday, 13 July 2024 ***Please note the change of venue to Lecture Theatre 2, UCL Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6AE*** A study day exploring the rich material from …
PMF Extra: Projecting Egypt
PMF member, Birgit Schoer, reports on a lecture about the unusual (for the PMF) but interesting topic: two pioneers of early 20th century stage and cinema, Fatima Rushdi (1908–1996) and Aziz Eid (1881–1942). …
Friday 23rd February – ‘A “kind of exploration or antiquity-dealing-business”: Egyptian archaeology and the Antiquities Trade 1880-1939’
Egyptological historiography has often focussed on the apparent scientific heroism of archaeologists, obscuring the reality that many of the same heroes were also active in the antiquities market, buying, and …
Projecting Egypt on Stage and Screen
In a special event held on 10 November 2023, the PMF explored and celebrated the enormous contribution of Fatima Rushdi and Aziz Eid to the development of Egyptian cinema and …
2023-24 Lecture Series
All lectures take place in Lecture Theatre G6, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31 – 34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, and will also be streamed on Zoom for those unable …