GRANT OPPORTUNITY via EEF: Grant Proposals to the Thomas Heagy Foundation for Early Egypt (mainly Dyn 0-2) must be submitted by July 31, 2023. Grant proposals for subsequent years must be sent in Oct 1-Nov 30 of the prior year. Further information email [email protected].

FREE BOOK DOWNLOAD via EEF: "Famine and Feast in Ancient Egypt" by Ellen Morris, part of Ancient Egypt in Context Cambridge Elements, is available for free download until July 2 at: <cambridge.org/core/elements/…> DOI: doi.org/10.1017/978100…

@‌petriefriends 5 July lecture 'Creating Nubia: How Colonialism, Tourism, and Archaeology Made a Region, a Past, and a People' with William Carruthers. Lecture begins 1830 BST, zoom room opens 1800. For membership visit friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/#join.

@‌petriefriends 5 July lecture 'Creating Nubia: How Colonialism, Tourism, and Archaeology Made a Region, a Past, and a People' with William Carruthers. Lecture begins 1830 BST, zoom room opens 1800. For membership visit friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/#join.

Meeting 10th November 6pm, G6 lecture theatre and on zoom. Fatima Rushdi and Aziz Eid: Projecting Egypt on Stage and Screen with Dr Marlé Hammond. Download a catalogue of Aziza Janssens's Egypt-inspired artworks here: friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/paintings-b…

We are now on Instagram, follow us by scanning the QR code or going to instagram.com/friendsofthepe…

On 10 November 2023, the PMF explored and celebrated the enormous contribution of Fatima Rushdi and Aziz Eid to Egyptian cinema and theatre. Image of Fatima Rushdi, the Sarah Bernhardt of Egypt. For more details see friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/uncategoriz…

Next hybrid PMF lecture, 8th Dec 2023: 'Tut on Tour: 30-years of Demand Creation Through Exhibition' with Summer Austin #Tutankhamun #Tutmania On zoom or at G6, 31 – 34 Gordon Square,WC1H 0PY. 1830 UK time, zoom open 1800. For membership visit friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/#join.

@‌petriefriends 19 Jan 2024 zoom lecture 'Egyptian Polychromed Bronze Osiris Statues from the 1st Millenium BC' with Eid Mertah. #Egypt #Archaeology #Egyptology @‌petriemuseegypt Lecture begins 1830 UK time, zoom opens 1800. For membership visit friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/#join.

The PMF Book Auction 2024 takes place on zoom on Tuesday 20th February 2024 at 6pm UK time. If you've joined before you'll automatically receive the complete list and bidding procedure. First-time bidders register by emailing [email protected]

A conversation about the achievements and possible legacy of the Petrie Museum project 'Tutankhamun the Boy' is now available on the PMF website friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/uncategoriz…

Next PMF lecture! Zoom only, on 17th May 2024, 'Our Search for the Missing #Royal #Statues from #Amarna' with Kristin Thompson and Marsha Hill. Lecture begins 1830 UK time, zoom room opens 1800. Zoom lectures are members only. For membership visit friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/#join.

Today, 3rd June 2024, would be Flinders Petrie's 171st Birthday (b. 1853). Petrie was amongst the earliest promulgators of systematic archaeological excavation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_…. The Griffith Institute also hold archival material from Petrie’archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/petr…

Petrie Friends Deir Rifeh Study Day on 13 July 2024, 9.15am-5.30pm, online (Zoom) or in-person at Lecture Theatre G6, Institute of Archaeology UCL, 31-34 Gordon Sq, WC1H 0PY. For the programme, costs and details of how to book, please see friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/lectures/ri…

CHANGE of VENUE: Annual General Meeting and Lecture, 6pm Friday 21 June 2024! Owing to building works, the venue for Friday's AGM and Lecture has been changed to the Cruciform Building (Lecture Theatre 1), Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT.

CHANGE OF VENUE!!! The Petrie Friends Deir Rifeh Study Day, 13 July 2024, 9.15am-5.30pm will be at: Lecture Theatre 2, UCL Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6AE. Tickets and details at, friendsofpetrie.org.uk/.../rifeh-stud…

Today, we'll be posting about the PMF study day; The provincial cemeteries of Rifeh as it occurs. Join us on Instagram to follow events.

We are immensely sad to report the death of Professor Harry Smith, founder and past President of the Friends of the Petrie Museum. Our photo shows Harry with Aly Hassan, his Inspector on the Nubia Survey for the EES (image courtesy EES). See egyptology.christs.cam.ac.uk/.../prof-harry… for more.

PMF hybrid lecture 25 October 2024, by Paul Nicholson on 'The Catacombs of #Anubis at North #Saqqara'. The lecture begins at 1830 UK time, zoom room opens 1800. Zoom attendance is for members only. For membership visit friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/#join.