Three Counties Ancient History Society Programme

Programme

Date	Event
July 1998	Dr Robert Arnott Holes in the Head and more
September 1998	Excursion to the Manchester Mummy Museum
October 1998	John Betts Minoan Frescoes at Akrotiri
Thursday 26^th November 1998	Dr A Leahy, Dept. of Ancient History & Archaeology, Birmingham University Ancient Egypt and the Outside World during the 26^th Dynasty
Thursday 10^th December 1998	Christmas Social Event including an Exhibition and Talk on the Nabateans and Petra given by members.
Thursday 21^st January 1999	John Bestwick The Hittites
May 1999	Niall McKeown Homer for Historians
June 1999	Dr Alasdair Livingstone Holidays, Festivals and Calendar Texts in Babylonia
July 1999	Mary Seaburn Akhenaten's Tomb Almost
August 1999	Excursion to the British Museum
September 1999	AGM
Wednesday 20^th October 1999	Dr Penny Wilson, Former Assistant Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Now lecturer at University of Durham Cattle Cults in Ancient Egypt
Thursday 18^th November 1999	John Hart, Classicist and Author of "Herodotus and Greek History" Herodotus - an Introduction to the Father of History
Wednesday 15^th December 1999	A selection of short presentations accompanied by Seasonal Fare. John & Sheila Hunt A Walk through Ephesus Lunne Leith The Internet Mr & Mrs Brewitt-Taylor The Desert Oasis
Thursday 20^th January 2000	Dr Eleanor Robson, author and Sumerologist from the Oriental Institute of Oxford University Schools and Scribes in Ancient Mesopotamia
Wednesday 15^th March 2000	Dr Dominic Monserrat, Warwick University Rethinking Egyptian Sexuality
April 2000	Weekend in Paris and visit to the Louvre
Thursday 18^th May 2000	Dr John Bennet , the Sinclair and Rachael Hood Lecturer in Aegean Prehistory at Oxford University Pylos - Inside the Mycenaean Kingdom
Wednesday 21^st June 2000	Ray Aspden The Hittite Bronze Tablet
Thursday 20^th July 2000	Dr Aidan Dodson, author, Egyptologist and lecturer from the University of Bristol Egyptian Tombs of Dynasties 1, 2 and 3
Wednesday 20^th September 2000	AGM
Thursday 19^th October 2000	Robert Gozzoli, PhD Research Student of the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, Birmingham University The Nubian Period in Egypt (25^th Dynasty)
Wednesday 15^th November 2000	John Hart, Classicist and Author Modern Political and Economic Questions Already Reflected in the Graeco-Roman World
Thursday 14^th December 2000	Dr Aidan Dodson, Author, Egyptologist and Lecturer at Bristol University The Discovery of Ancient Egypt An anecdotal talk
Wednesday 17^th January 2001	Dr Clive Skidmore, Author and Lecturer Alexander the Great
Thursday 15^th February 2001	Mark Hewson, PhD Research Student of the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, Birmingham University Northern Syria in the Early Bronze Age: c3000-2000 BC
Wednesday 21^st March 2001	Dr John Bestwick, WEA The Etruscans
April 2001	Visit to The Louvre, Paris
Thursday 17^th May 2001	Robert M Porter, University College, London New Chronology - Egypt, The Hittites, The Levant and Mesopotamia
Wednesday 20^th June 2001	Denys Stocks, Institute of Ancient Egyptian Technology, Manchester Overview of Technology and Craftworking in Ancient Egypt A selection of tools will be on show.
Thursday 19^th July 2001	Dr Alix Wilkinson, Author Ancient Egyptian Gardens
Saturday 1^st September 2001	Visit to Liverpool Museum
Wednesday 19^th September 2001	A.G.M. Judith Bone Insight into Persia - Poets, Palaces and Parsa
Wednesday 10^th October 2001	Dr. Aidan Dodson, Visiting Fellow, Bristol University Members of the Egyptian Royal Family - Their Relationships and Functions
Thursday 22^nd November 2001	Dr. Nicoletta Momigliano, Bristol University Digging the Palace of Minos - a Hundred Years Ago
Wednesday 12^th December 2001	Ray Aspden, Followed by a festive evening Ugarit from Original Sources - a Syrian Soap Opera
Thursday 17^th January 2002	Dr. Stephanie Dalley, The Oriental Institute, Oxford The Life and Times of Sennacherib
Wednesday 20^th February 2002	Dr. Clive Skidmore Philip II - Father of Alexander the Great
Thursday 21^st March 2002	John Fryer Schliemann of Troy
Saturday 6^th April 2002	Coach Trip to The British Museum £19 to Harry Hill by 21st March. Coach departs County Hall, Worcester, at 8a.m. prompt.
Thursday 18^th April 2002	Dr Colin Adams, University of Leicester Roman Egypt
Wednesday 15^th May 2002	Dennis Stocks, Institute of Ancient Egyptian Technology, Manchester Techniques used in building the Great Pyramid at Giza
Thursday 20^th June 2002	Dr. John Bestwick, W.E.A. Ramesses III and the Sea Peoples
Wednesday 17^th July 2002	Dr. Stanley Ireland, University of Warwick Hellenistic and Roman Coin Portaiture - Image or Reality?
Thursday 19^th September 2002	A.G.M. followed by Edward and Nancy Brewett-Taylor It's Greek, but not in Greece
Wednesday 16^th October 2002	Dr. M.A. Leahy, University of Birmingham Amarna
Wednesday 20^th November 2002	Dr. Aidan Dodson, Visiting Fellow, Bristol University The God's Wives of Amun
Wednesday 11^th December 2002 Report	Ray Aspden A journey through Ancient Anatolia Refreshments and raffle will follow.
Thursday 16^th January 2003 Report	Dr Jaromir Malek, Griffith Institute, Oxford Memphis, the Soul of Egypt
Wednesday 19^th February 2003 Report	Dr Geraldine Pinch, Oriental Institute, Oxford Goddesses in Egyptian Religion
Thursday 20^th March 2003 Report	Dr Alasdair Livingstone, University of Birmingham Paleography-Cuneiform Scripts, Research
Thursday 15^th May 2003 Report	Dr Anthony Parker, Bristol University Seafaring in the Ancient Mediterranean
Wednesday 18^th June 2003 Report	Dr Clive Skidmore Triumph and Tragedy - the wars between the Greeks and the Persians in the 5th Century BC
Thursday 17^th July 2003 Report	Dr Helen Whitehouse, Ashmolean Library, Oxford Protodynastic Egypt
Thursday 18^th September 2003 Report	A.G.M. followed by John Davis The Phaistos Disk - translated? (changed title)
Wednesday 15^th October 2003 Report	Dr Stephanie Dalley, The Oriental Institute, Oxford Myths from Mesopotamia
Thursday 20^th November 2003 Report	Dr Niall A McKeown, Birmingham Greek and Roman Slavery
Wednesday 10^th December 2003 Report	Ray Aspden The Trojan War in Hittite Texts followed by Festive Evening
Thursday 15^th January 2004 Report	Dr Tony Leahy, Birmingham Saqqara in the 1st Millennium BC
Wednesday 18^th February 2004 Report	Dr Stanley Ireland, Warwick The Life, Times, and Coinage of Mithradates VI of Pontus
Thursday 18^th March 2004 Report	Dr Judith Toms, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford A Bronze Age Pompeii
Wednesday 21^th April 2004 Report	Dr John Bennett, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford Knossos and Crete in the 15th Century BC
Thursday 20^th May 2004 Report	Dr Jaromir Malek, Griffith Institute, Oxford Howard Carter & the Tomb of Tutankhamun: Beyond the Discovery
Wednesday 16^th June 2004 Report	Dr Nicoletta Momigliano, Bristol Minoan Crete; the First European Civilisation
Thursday 15^th July 2004 Report	Dr Elizabeth Frood, Oriental Institute, Oxford Goddesses, Piety and Sacred Space in Ramesside Egypt
Thursday 16^th September 2004	A.G.M. followed by Anne Dicks, Head of Classics at Malvern Girls College Roman gardens and Mosaics - with practical applications. (How to introduce a Roman theme in your garden.)
Wednesday 20^th October 2004	Dr. Colin Adams, Leicester University Travel and Cultural Tourism in Greco-Roman Egypt
Thursday 18^th November 2004	Richard Sermon Jewish Ritual Baths from Antiquity to the Middle Ages.
Wednesday 15^th December 2004	Ray Aspden Palaces of Ancient Syria followed by Festive Evening
Thursday 13^th January 2005	Dr. Anthony Parker, Bristol (retired) Roman Trade - Discoveries beneath the Mediterranean
Wednesday 16^th February 2005	Dr. Clive Skidmore Greek Art
Thursday 17^th March 2005	Dr. Tamar Hodos, Bristol University Issos before and after Alexander the Great
Wednesday 13^th April 2005	Dr. Jon Taylor, Birmingham University Education and Literacy in Ancient Mesopotamia
Thursday 12^th May 2005	Dr. Geraldine Pinch, Oriental Institute, Oxford Ramesses III - conspiracy theory
Wednesday 15^th June 2005	Dr. Stephanie Dalley, Oriental Institute, Oxford Nineveh
Thursday 14^th July 2005	Dr. Helen Whitehouse, Ashmolean Library, Oxford Roman Wall Paintings in Egypt
Wednesday 14^th September 2005	A.G.M. followed by Nancy & Edward Brewitt-Taylor Etruria
Thursday 13^th October 2005	Dr. Niall A. McKeown Greek Hoplite Warfare
Wednesday 16^th November 2005	Richard Sermon From Abjab to Alphabet: Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan
Thursday 15^th December 2005	Ray Aspden Bellerophon - Man of the Bronze Age, followed by festive fare
Wednesday 18^th January 2006	Dr. Stanley Ireland A Flash in the Pan: The History of the Toilet
Thursday 23^th February 2006	Dan Lines "No Dry Entertainments", reconstructing the Amarna Economy from the hieratic inscriptions
Wednesday 15^th March 2006	John Fryer Early Travellers to Greece
Thursday 27^th April 2006	Dr. Tony Leahy Psammetichus I and the renovation of Egypt
Wednesday 17^th May 2006	John Hart Was Pericles 'A Good Thing'
Thursday 15^th June 2006	Dr. Alasdair Livingstone The pitter patter of tiny feet. Childhood in the Ancient Near East
Wednesday 19^th July 2006	Dr. Judith Toms An Introduction to the Etruscans
Thursday 14^th September 2006	A.G.M. followed by John Brooker Giants and Fat Ladies: the Temples of the Maltese Islands
Wednesday ^18th October 2006	Robin Walker The Great Plague of Athens
Thursday 16^th November 2006	Dr. Shelley Hales, Bristol University Rediscovering the Ruins of Pompeii
Wednesday 13^th December 2006	Ray Aspden A Glimpse of the Classic Maya followed by festive fare
Thursday 18^th January 2007	Martin Davies The rescue of the Monuments of Nubia
Wednesday 14^th February 2007	Nancy and Edward Brewitt-Taylor Bronze Age Sardinia
Thursday 15^th March 2007	Dr. Bob Arnott, Birmingham University Healing and Healers before Homer
Wednesday 18^th April 2007	Dr. John Bestwick Mosaics of the Roman World
Thursday 17^th May 2007	Professor Ken Dowden, Birmingham University Zeus: What does it take to be Master of the Universe
Wednesday 13^th June 2007	Dr. Jaromir Malek, The Griffith Institute, Oxford Some unexpected aspects of Egyptian art
Thursday 19^th July 2007	Dr. Gillian Shepherd, Birmingham University Greek Burial Practices
Wednesday 19^th September 2007	A.G.M. followed by Ray Aspden Palaces of Iron Age Syria: What Happened After the Sea Peoples
Thursday 18^th October 2007	Dr. Helen Whitehouse, Ashmolean How Egypt came to Oxford: Three centuries & more of collecting Egyptian Antiquities
Wednesday 14^th November 2007	Prof. W. G. Lambert, Birmingham University The Life and Times of Sennacherib, king of Assyria: 705-681 B.C.
Thursday 13^th December 2007	Andew Gagg India & Beyond: Personal Impressions of some Far Eastern Architecture, followed by festive fare
Wednesday 16^th January 2008	Prof. Ken Dowden, Birmingham University Zeus: - What does it take to be Master of the Universe
Thursday 14^th February 2008	Martin Davies The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings
Wednesday 12^th March 2008	Dr. Tamar Hodos, Bristol University Issos in the Iron Age
Thursday 17^th April 2008	Dr. Alison Cooley, Warwick University Pompeian Life Inscribed in Stone
Wednesday 14^th May 2008	Dr. Martin Bommas, Birmingham University Gods, Graves and Glorifications: Becoming Osiris in Ancient Egypt
Thursday 19^th June 2008	Steven Gregory Herihor: High Priest or King
Wednesday 16^th July 2008	Dr. Judith Toms, Ashmolean An Introduction to the Etruscans
Thursday 18^th September 2008	A.G.M. followed by t.b.a. t.b.a.
Wednesday 15^th October 2008	t.b.a. t.b.a.
Thursday 13^th November 2008	t.b.a. t.b.a.
Wednesday 10^th December 2008	t.b.a. t.b.a.

last updated 3^rd August 2007