EGYPTIAN
ARCHAEOLOGY
The Third British Egyptology Congress
Ready for registration at UCL on the Friday evening: Victoria Perry, Steve Partridge, Alice Stevenson and Roo Mitcheson
Richard Bussmann registering for the Congress
Gallery at the British Museum. At the end of the Congress Alan Lloyd (one of the EES Vice Presidents and a former Chair) summed up the proceedings, about which we have had Mark Lehner giving the keynote lecture on the really positive feed- Saturday evening, describing his work on the monument of Khentkawes at Giza back. Thanks are owed to all the sponsoring institutions, the BEC3 Organising Committee, and staff and volunteers from the EES, the BM and UCL and, of course, to all the speakers and session chairs who ensured that everything ran smoothly and to time. The venue and dates for BEC4 have not yet been fixed but we hope it will be held in Oxford in the latter part of 2012.
The Third British Egyptology Congress, organised by the Egypt Exploration Society, the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum and University College London, took place at the British Museum on 11th and 12th September 2010, with around 200 delegates, more than 60 papers, and 10 poster displays. On Friday 10 September a welcoming reception was hosted at UCL by the Friends of the Petrie Museum, giving delegates a chance to register in advance. Plenary talks at BEC3 were given by Michael Jones (American Research Center in Egypt), Patricia Spencer (EES), John Tait (UCL) and John Taylor (BM). On the Saturday evening Mark Lehner (Ancient Egypt Research Associates) gave a keynote lecture on the Tomb of Khentkawes at Giza, when the Congress delegates were augmented by a further 60 attendees. The talk Michael Jones during his plenary session talk, was followed by with a slide showing Coptic paintings cleaned, a reception in the conserved and restored by ARCE Egyptian Sculpture
The buffet before the arrival of 260 hungry Egyptologists!
Janet Johnstone of the Friends of the Petrie Museum who hosted the Friday evening reception
Delegates during one of the all-important coffee breaks
q Further photographs taken at BEC3 can be seen at: www.flickr.com/photos/egyptexplorationsociety/
Delegates enjoying the reception in the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery at the British Museum. Photograph: James Perry
Alan Lloyd and Vivian Davies at the reception. Photograph: James Perry