Details of the evening meeting on 12th November 2026 are given
at the foot of this page.
Saturday 21 November 2026 1400 UK Time:
Ken Griffin: ‘Breathing life into Death: The Redevelopment of the Egypt Centre’.
Outline: The talk explores the six-month, intensive refurbishment of the Egypt Centre’s House of Death gallery. Now reopened, the gallery has been transformed into an immersive environment through the use of vibrant tomb scenes and modernised display technology. With state-of-the-art lighting and the addition of “discovery drawers,” the museum now exhibits approximately 650 objects, offering a tactile learning experience that allows visitors to uncover “hidden” artefacts. A central theme of the presentation is the gallery’s unique architectural centrepiece: a vaulted ceiling featuring a celestial field of yellow stars and names inscribed in hieroglyphs. This design serves as a permanent public tribute, immortalising 40 staff and volunteers, 60 financial supporters, and even several local pets within the gallery’s “heavens”. By literally weaving the local community into the physical fabric of the ancient Egyptian display, the redevelopment celebrates a deep, lasting connection between the museum’s history and its modern-day supporters.
Biography: Dr Ken Griffin currently serves as the Curator of the Egypt Centre at Swansea University. Prior to this role, he held the position of Collections Access Manager at the same museum. His connection to the Egypt Centre began in2000 when he signed up as a volunteer. Over the past two decades, he has dedicated himself to researching and promoting the collection, resulting in the publication of several artefacts. Before joining the Egypt Centre, Ken taught Egyptology at Swansea University and also served as the coordinating tutor for the Egyptology programme within the Department of Adult Continuing Education (DACE). His passion for the subject has led him to visit Egypt over 60 times, and since 2010, he has actively participated in archaeological fieldwork in both Egypt and Sudan.
The waiting room will open about 13.45 for a 14.00 start UK time.
Zoom Meeting Joining Instructions
To join the meeting on 21 November 2026 all you have to do is follow these steps:
1: Click/tap on the registration link you have been sent. You will be asked to enter your name and email address to register for the meeting. Visitors please contact the Secretary at saesinfo55@gmail.com to obtain links.
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 on the website 'Join Us' page.
3: Look out for the meeting link which will be sent during the week before the talk. You may need to check your junk or spam folders in case they go astray. If you have not received the 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.
Remember, the registration link you will be given are specific to the meeting on 21 November 2026. THE LINK ONLY WORKS FOR THIS EVENT. A new registration link will be issued for each future meeting.
Registration for the meeting will open in October 2026.
Thursday 12 November 2026 1900 UK Time:
Paul Bouchard: ‘From Digital Scans to Wooden Stools – Handcrafting Functional Reproductions of Egyptian Furniture’.
Outline: This presentation will walk through the digital-to-wood reconstruction of several ancient Egyptian stools and chairs. It hopes to present design insights that might not be readily gleaned from a purely visual examination and in some sense, bring these ancient objects into our world so that we might experience their functional properties.
Biography: After decades in the digital workspace of the animation industry, the presenter felt a compulsion to create tangible objects. Scans made in the British Museum, Museo Egizio, Brooklyn Museum and Ägyptisches Museum have produced 3D reference models that guide his wooden recreations of Egyptian furniture.
The waiting room will open about 18.45 for a 19.00 start UK time.
Zoom Meeting Joining Instructions
To join the meeting on 12 November 2026 all you have to do is follow these steps:
1: Click/tap on the registration link you have been sent. You will be asked to enter your name and email address to register for the meeting. Visitors please contact the Secretary at saesinfo55@gmail.com to obtain links.
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 on the website 'Join Us' page.
3: Look out for the meeting link which will be sent during the week before the talk. You may need to check your junk or spam folders in case they go astray. If you have not received the 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.
Remember, the registration link you will be given are specific to the meeting on 12 November 2026. THE LINK ONLY WORKS FOR THIS EVENT. A new registration link will be issued for each future meeting.
Registration for the meeting will open in October 2026.
