📽️ Join us this Saturday for our Horus Society fundraising talk & film, the 1932 classic 'The Mummy', followed by drinks in the fabulous #Egyptian galleries Libs and Museums - so looking forward to this! 😊 Details: eventbrite.co.uk/e/horus-egypto……(image: © Lisa Sheehan/Asillo 3D @ Début Art)

📺😍 Starting 21st January on PBS America Channel (UK Freeview Channel 84) - our 4-part series 'The Story of Egypt' (originally shown on BBC2 under the title 'Immortal Egypt') pbsamerica.co.uk/series/the-sto…

This month David Ratledge, a former Civil Engineer for Lancashire County Council, will be discussing Roman Roads in Lancashire and the use of techniques like LIDAR to track down their routes. This month our meeting is zoom only. Buy your tickets below: eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-lanc…

📣 New Date Announcement 📣 We are running a second day for the sold out “Queens of Ancient Egypt” Winter Study Day 📆 Saturday 29th March Tickets are already going fast, we won’t be running a third day, so BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment TO BOOK: eventbrite.com/e/122636011912…

This month we will be joined by Patrick Maloney, Chair of Wigan Archaeology Society, to discuss updates and discoveries from Aspull Ring Ditch! 📍Bolton Museum 🗓️ 18th Feb 2025 🕣 Doors open @ 19:00 Members: £1 Non-members: £5

Our new exhibition has opened today! “In the Temple of the Female Pharaoh: Hatshepsut and Howard Carter” The story of Hatshepsut & her temple at Deir el-Bahari through the lens of Howard Carter The Egypt Exploration Society have generously loaned to us the largest surviving painting by Carter!

Day 297 (Part 1): This morning we were invited by Bolton Library and Museum Services very own Ian Trumble to visit the library for a lecture by Countess Carnavon about her book “The Earl and the Pharaoh”. The book delves into the life of George Herbert, the 5th Earl of

Day 298 (Part 2): Out next visit was to Bolton Library and Museum Services for the #internationalwomensday lecture and study day by Professor Joann Fletcher entitled “Queens of Ancient Egypt”, hosted as always by Ian Andrew Trumble. As ever Joann knocked it out of the park but

🥰 Just found out we've nearly sold out our second 'Queens of Ancient #Egypt' event Libs and Museums - just love doing these events with Museum Ian and his fab team #BoltonsEgypt eventbrite.co.uk/e/boltons-egyp… (image: Lion TV/Immortal Egypt)

This month we’ll be joined by Stephen Irwin, who will be talking to us about Early Aviation in Lancashire! 🕣 Doors open @ 19:00 🗓️ 18th March 2025 📍Bolton Museum Members: £1 Non-Members: £5

Only 2 tickets left for our “Queens of Ancient Egypt” Study Day! Your last chance to get hands-on with experts Immortal Egypt: Prof. Joann Fletcher & Dr Stephen Buckley We won’t be running this 3rd time! BOOK NOW: eventbrite.co.uk/e/boltons-egyp… Saturday 29th March 10.30am - 7pm (Photos by P. Spencer)

This month, we will be joined by David Casserly who will be discussing Women Warriors and the weapons they used! Along with some (limited) weapons handling! 📍Bolton Museum 🗓️ Tuesday 15th April 🕣 Doors open @ 19:00 Members: £1 Non-members: £5

🚨ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS🚨 Join our friends out in Rochdale for a community dig on the Broadfield Park Slopes from the 7th-18th July 2025 (run by our own Jordan Perris). No prior experience required! Book your place through the link below: eventbrite.com/e/the-big-dig-…

🚨Special Event🚨 Free Admission 🗓️23/07/25 🕣Doors @ 19:00 📍Bolton Museum Join us for a special lecture by our own Liam and Charlotte, exploring life in the 7th century AD and how re-enactment can improve our understanding of it! With period accurate clothing and objects!

The feedback is in for our “Ancient Egypt’s Art & Artists” Study Days and the verdict is… IT’S THE BEST ONE YET! It’s your last chance to join, last few tickets available via the museum shop or via eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/boltons-egyp…

🚨NEW EVENT🚨 📍Bolton Museum 🗓️ 21st October 🕣 Doors @ 19:00 This month we travel back to Lancashire in the English Civil War. A county torn by loyalties and politics. Where was the county palatine at the war’s outset and what events secured it for the parliamentarian cause?

COUNTDOWN to the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum! The first of five highlights I'm looking forward to seeing framed in a new setting: the translucent travertine canopic chest of #Tutankhamun, with its iconic stoppers of the king. 📸 December 2023 @ EMC

🥳The Grand Egyptian Museum officially opens today! And perhaps our favourites in the whole amazing place are these twin figures of #pharaoh Amenhotep III, previously stored at Karnak & now facing out towards the #pyramids of #Giza ❤️❤️❤️ (image: R.Haxby) #GrandEgyptianMuseum