News
This is the 1st October 2025 updated edition of the website. Any ideas and contributions for additions to the site will be gratefully received. Check back often for Society news. FACE-TO-FACE MEETING 4 OCTOBER CANCELLED. Changes today include update of the 'Hotep' newsletters under the 'About Us' tab on this website, up to and including June 2025. A minor problem with the software at our host meant that larger files were unable to load. Dom at our domain host has solved the problem (thanks Dom) and we are back in business! The programme and month tabs were all completed last month. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK. A few details will be added as they become available, but the website for the new season is largely complete The October and December 2025 'Zoom' meeting dates have changed (to 25th October and 20th December.)
Thursday 18 September 2025. Annual General Meeting. (This meeting alone is 'members only.') 1830 for 19.00 UK time.
The regular September (Zoom) meeting is Saturday 20th September 2025 at 14.00 UK time. The meeting will be held on 'Zoom.' The speaker is Katherine Slinger giving her lecture 'Deir-el-Medina Tombs and Domestic Religion.' 'Zoom' waiting room usually opens around 13.45 for 14.00. The cost of the March talk will be £3 for paid up UK members and £4 for paid up overseas members. For guests, the fee will be £6 - UK and overseas based people.
An additional face-to-face meeting has been arranged for 4th October 2025. Daniela Rosenow speaks on 'Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive,' at 1400 UK time. Meeting at Itchen College.
The 2025 - 2026 programme will be added to the website over the next few days. Please bear with us as the site transforms into the new season. The new material is uploaded as time permits. The 2025 / 26 season SAES leaflet will not appear under the 'About Us' tab.
To avoid disappointment, please register as soon as you can for meetings. Administration of the 'Zoom' virtual meetings means that some time is needed to register and process applications. Please register at least the evening before a meeting and, if possible, as early as you can to guarantee your place.
It has not been possible to return to our pre-Covid venue at Oasis Academy. Zoom meetings will continue for the foreseeable future, supplemented by occasional face to face meetings. The occasional meetings will be at Itchen College. The 'meeting venue' tab under the 'about us' section of the website has been updated accordingly.
Hoteps can be found under the 'About Us' tab and then under 'Hotep Newsletter'. Future editions of Hotep will be added shortly after they are published.
The programme for the 2025 / 2026 season is given below. Meetings will be on 'Zoom' except where stated.
Thursday 18 September 2025. Annual General Meeting. (This meeting alone is 'members only.') 1830 for 19.00 UK time.
Saturday 20 September 2025. Katherine Slinger: 'Deir-el-Medina Tombs and Domestic Religion .' 1400 UK time.
MEETING CANCELLED Saturday 4 October 2025. Face-to-face meeting at Itchen College - NOT ON ZOOM. Daniela Rosenow: 'Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive,' at 1400 UK time. Advance booking essential. Cost will be £5. Details will appear under the October tab on this website.
Saturday 25 October 2025. Joint meeting with Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society. Elena Pischikova/John Billman: '‘The South Asasif Conservation Project.' 14.00 UK time. Fund raising meeting for the South Asasif project. PLEASE NOTE THIS DATE MAY CHANGE. This meeting WILL NOT form part of the SAES pre-payment scheme for 'Zoom ' meetings.
Saturday 15 November 2025. Sonia Zakrzewski: ‘Disability,Eunuchism and the Use of Fictive Narrative in Ptolemaic-Roman Egypt.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 20 December 2025. Heidi Köpp-Junk: ‘Excavations in Abydos: from the Scorpion King to Khasekhemui.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 17 January 2026. Aleksandra Hallmann: ‘Sartorial habits in the Late Period Egypt.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 21 February 2026. Sarah Griffiths: ‘The Ancient Egyptians: The World’s First Gardeners.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 7 March 2026. Face-to-face meeting at Itchen College - NOT ON ZOOM. Fiona, Countess of Carnarvon: ‘The Earl and the Pharaoh.' 1400. Advance booking essential. Cost will be advised.. Details will appear under the March tab on this website.
Saturday 21 March 2026. Judith Bunbury: ‘Ancient landscapes, climate change & the tomb of Tuthmose II.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 18 April 2026. Kathryn Bard: ‘Mersa/Wadi Gawasis – Harbour of the Pharaohs to the Land of Punt.' 15.00 UK time (note the time of this meeting.)
Saturday 16 May 2026. Luisa María García González: ‘A Dynasty of Powerful People: a study of Sarenputi I's family at Aswan.' 14.00 UK time.
Saturday 20 June 2026. Carl Graves or Ed Scrivens: 'Title to be confirmed.' Fundraiser in support of the EES Ricardo Caminos.' 14.00 UK time. Title to be confirmed. This meeting WILL NOT form part of the SAES pre-payment scheme for 'Zoom ' meetings.
Saturday 18 July 2026. Jan Moje: 'Shabtis’ (Title to be confirmed.) 14.00 UK time.
September 2026. Annual General Meeting. (This meeting alone is 'members only.') 1830 for 19.00 UK time.
From the 2026 - 2027 programme: Saturday 19 September 2026 . Barnaud Quertinmont: ‘The Egyptological collection of the royal Museum of Mariemont (Belgium).' 14.00 UK time.
ln September 2020, the Society welcomed its first overseas members. Since then, we have been joined by people from around the world, as well as parts of the UK well away from our normal catchment area. Welcome to everyone and to all our new members.
If you are based anywhere, inside or outside the UK, you can still join our virtual meetings. Why not give it a try? (All meetings are UK time.)
For all virtual meetings, attendees will be emailed a link to be able to view it. The way for this to happen is that members are emailed a reminder, and requested to register for the meeting. The current arrangements are summarised below and repeated on the 'Join Us' webpage.
Zoom Meeting Joining Instructions
Meetings will be announced via the usual monthly reminder emails where the registration link will be given. To join a meeting, all you have to do is follow these steps:
1: Click on the registration link and enter your name and email address to register for the meeting.
2: If you have not already paid the meeting fee in advance, contact the Secretary at saesinfo55@gmail.com to arrange payment. Payments can be made by BACS transfer, through PayPal, or by cheque. Details below.
3: Look out for the link which will be sent during the week before the meeting. You may need to check your junk or spam folders in case it goes astray. If you have not received this link by the day before the meeting please try registering again or contact the Secretary. For reasons of security and copyright the meeting link should not be shared with anyone else.
Payments
For the new season, 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 20256, subscription rates are as follows (subject to confirmation at the AGM):
Existing UK Members : £10 (note, an additional payment of £27 can be added for 9 regular Zoom meeting fees, pro rata'd as the society year progresses. Note that the usual £30 for 10 regular 'Zoom' meetings does not apply this year, due to the fund raising meetings.)
New UK Members: £10 (note, an additional payment of £27 can be added for 9 regular Zoom meeting fees, pro rata'd as the society year progresses.)
Overseas Members: £12 (additional payment of £36 for 9 regular Zoom meeting fees, pro rata'd as the society year progresses.)
Meeting fees:
Regular monthly meetings: Members: £3
Overseas Members: £4
Non-Members: £6
Occasional evening meetings, lecture series/courses, occasional face-to-face meetings & study days: individually priced.
Note that all fees are under review for 2025 - 2026. The subscription rates are lower than when the Society host physical meetings, as we do not have to hire a venue.
Payment details:
Payments may be made through: PayPal to treasurer.saes@gmail.com
BACS transfer to Lloyds Bank 30-90-86 account No: 01068756
Southampton Ancient Egypt Society
Cheque sent to The Secretary,
10 Cobbett Way
Botley
SOUTHAMPTON
SO30 2ET
Please note that cheques are often delayed in the post. Please post early!
Anyone paying by bank transfer PLEASE let the secretary know by email, so the transaction can be correctly allocated to you.
The membership subscription rates for 2025/2026 are lower than our time at Oasis Academy due to not having to hire a venue for Zoom meetings. For more information, please contact the Southampton Ancient Egypt Society Secretary using saesinfo55@gmail.com.
A 'Quick Zoom Tutorial' has been prepared and emailed to members. New members who would like a copy, please contact the Secretary using saesinfo55@gmail.com
Please check the website often for updates..
Meetings will be advertised on the website, on Facebook, in the news-letter and in our regular reminder emails. As a matter of security, we are asking for attendees to register in advance for each meeting, as detailed above.
Although it has not yet posed a problem, there is a limit to the number of people we can accommodate in a Zoom meeting and there may come a time when a lecture or, for instance, the Study Day, is over-subscribed. In that case priority will be given to Members. For this reason, non-members cannot use the prepay scheme.
The Southampton Ancient Egypt Society Committee have largely filled out the programme for 2025 / 2026. As soon as further information becomes available, the webmaster will place it in the NEWS section. A programme leaflet for 2026 – 2027 may be prepared to include details of Society meetings next season. It will be available under the 'About Us' tab on this website.
There have been problems with the Society email address. A new address has now been obtained - saesinfo55@gmail.com
The old email address is now unreliable, and the new saesinfo55@gmail.com is the best way to contact Southampton Ancient Egypt Society electronically. Telephone and postal address remain the same.
Hoodies,' sweatshirts and polo shirts have sold well. are selling well. They all have a woven 'Southampton Ancient Egypt Society logo,' and some may still be available. Colours are white, navy or sky blue. Please contact Annette (our Secretary.)
Photograph. Current and former committee members at the 20th birthday meeting in September 2018. Left to right, David Marriott, Susan Marriott, Keith Rider, Jenny Turner, Carol Carswell, Norman Pease, Glenn Worthington, Hilary Wilson, Annette Winter, David Soper, Nicola Simpson, Mary Carter, Mark Walker, Maggie Pilling and Peter Funnel.
