Bloomsbury Summer School

Fascinated by ancient civilisations?

Monday 12 to Friday 16 April

Course Director: Dr Campbell Price (University of Manchester)

This course will be delivered online via the video communication platform Zoom (details provided upon enrolment).

11:00 – 11:30
Participants login to Zoom; BSS Director’s Welcome Address

11:30 – 13:00
1. Introduction: Golden Mummies, Painted Faces

14:15 – 15:30
2. Colonial Contexts of Acquisition

16:00 – 17:15
3. From Egypt to Manchester

10:00* – 11:15
4. Hawara Through the Ages

11:45 – 13:00
5. Scientific Examination of G-R Mummies (Dr Iwona Kozieradska-Ogunmakin)

14:15 – 15:30
6. Earlier Burial Customs 1

16:00 – 17:15
7. Earlier Burial Customs 2

10:00* – 11:15
8. Graeco-Roman Egypt

11:45 – 13:00
9. Graeco-Roman deities

14:15 – 15:30
10. Animal cults

16:00 – 17:15
11. Animal mummy production in the GR Period (Dr Lidija McKnight)

10:00* – 11:15
12. Protecting the Body

11:45 – 13:00
13. Anatomy of a Coffin

14:15 – 15:30
14. Going for Gold

16:00 – 17:15
15. Becoming a God

10:00* – 11:15
16. ‘Portrait’ Mummies 1

11:45 – 13:00
17. ‘Portrait’ Mummies 2

14:15 – 15:30
18. Virtual Tour of BM Mummy Galleries

16:00 – 17:15
19. Conclusions: Receptions

17:15 – 19:00
End-of-Course Zoom Drinks Party (guests welcome)

* Zoom waiting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start.

Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.