All are welcome to join us for our free summer party lecture: The latest from excavations at Nabasha.
Monday 14th July 7-9pm (UK times)
Come and join us live online for our Summer party lecture. There will be a little bit of Egyptological silliness and a chance to find out the latest news from recent excavations at Nabasha. There will also be a free Kemet Klub course up for grabs as a prize to be won. This is a live event which will not be recorded, so if you want to join us, simply sign up today (via the instructions below) and we will see you there!
Tell Nabasha, ancient Imet, was capital of the Eastern Delta nome. An Early dynastic cemetery indicates that the site started use from early times through to the early Roman period. Sometime around 130 BCE charcoal and ash layers suggest a destructive event for the Ptolemaic houses here. The site was resettled in early Roman times. Exploration of Nabasha started when Late Period and Ptolemaic tombs were noted at the site by Jean-Jacques Rifaud. Petrie paid an initial visit in 1884, returning two years later with Francis Llewelyn Griffith to excavate. Notable discoveries included the identification of a shrine of Amasis II dedicated to the god Min. Worship of the triad of Min, Wadjet and Harpocrates is further evident at the site, predominantly with the temple to Wadjet, but also with a relief of Harpocrates found in two parts.
This talk will present the preliminary results of the excavations at Tell Nabasha conducted by a team from the University of Manchester in August and September of 2024. It will explore the new discoveries within the broader diachronic context of the site, including evidence of a Late Period tower house and a large Ptolemaic structure discovered within the Temple of Wadjet complex. It will also present some of the key finds of the season, including a fully preserved Hathoric bronze sistrum.
If you would like to make a donation to support the excavation you can do so via https://www.justgiving.com/page/egyptology-research-fund
Dr Nicky Nielsen is the director of the Tell Nabasha Survey Project and a Senior Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester. He is the author of several books about ancient Egypt as well as the academic monograph Subsistence Strategies and craft Production at the Ancient Egyptian Ramesside Fort of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham (Bloomsbury Academic 2023).
All good parties allow a ‘+1’ so please feel free to invite other friends with an interest in ancient Egypt too, all are welcome …but, if you would like to be entered into our prize draw for a chance to win a free Kemet Klub course, make sure you also bring along an Egyptian God as your guest! This could be you dressed up, a god-like Egyptian mascot or a deity backdrop on your zoom window. Anyone spotted bringing along an Egyptian god to the party will be entered into the raffle which will be drawn at the end of the night!
BYO favourite drinks and nibbles and have fun as we enjoy the latest news from Nabasha 🙂
How to register for the party...
PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE: This is a free lecture, but you need to register to join us. Simply add this product to your basket and go through the checkout process as normal. If you haven’t joined us before, this is where you will be asked to create a username and password so that you can login. The link to the party will be emailed to you automatically as soon as your register. Look out for this email and SAVE it somewhere safe. There is no classroom associated with the party which means that it WILL NOT appear under your other courses. The party is a live only event, it will not be recorded. The room will open at 7pm