Romer to lecture in Sussex
John Romer, the great populariser of Egyptology via his TV series and books in the 1980s, is making a rare lecture appearance for Sussex Egyptology Society in Brighton on April 28, 2007.
John will be exploring the design and construction of the Great Pyramid of 4th Dynasty pharaoh Khufu, a subject surrounded by centuries of myth and confusion. In his illustrated lecture he argues that the pyramid makers worked from a single plan whose existence has long been doubted and even denied.
The event is being held to mark the launch of John’s forthcoming book, The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited (Cambridge University Press; ISBN 978-0-521-87166-2; £25 hardback).
After five years working as an artist in epigraphic studies in the temples and tombs of Thebes (with the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo, and the Oriental Institute Epigraphic Survey), in 1977–79 he was the Field Director of The Brooklyn Museum’s Theban Expedition, excavating the tomb of Ramesses XI in the Valley of the Kings. In 1992, at the request of the Egyptian Antiquities Organisation, he convened a multinational committee to advise and recommend projects and procedures for the conservation of the Valley of the Kings. He is a member of the International Association of Egyptologists and the
Egypt Exploration Society. He has been the President of the Theban Foundation since 1979.
John has written several acclaimed books, the best-known to Egyptology enthusiasts being Valley of the Kings (1981), Romer’s Egypt (1982) and Ancient Lives (1984), the last two also being made into TV documentary series.
Sussex Egyptology Society (SES) is hosting John Romer’s lecture, plus a book-signing session, at Brighton Hove & Sussex 6th Form College, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, East Sussex, from 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2007. The event is free to SES members; visitors are welcome, admission £3.
For more details e-mail mail@egyptology-uk.com, or telephone 01903 260742.
(posted 19 February 2007)
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