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August Meeting:
Hatshepsut vs Cleopatra.

Join alien specialist Craig Harris and team mate Magriet Herman as they try to prove Hatshepsut's dominance over Cleopatra by debating against the very well informed duo of Denise Dannhauser and Magda van Ryneveld. The debate will be preceeded by a short video introduction of the two female pharaohs. Remember to bring a friend. 26 August 2010

The Ancient Egyptian Society

Welcome to the Ancient Egyptian Society!

The Ancient Egyptian Society is dedicated to Egyptophyles in the Gauteng province in South Africa. Browse through the navigator on the left to discover more about our Society, when and where we meet, and what we get up to, all in the name of our passion for Ancient Egypt.

For your benefit, here is a short description of the navigators.

The about the Society section introduces you to our society, our aims and objectives, and activities.

The Speaker's Programme is the cornerstone of our society. It allows us to meet once a month and listen to lectures on Ancient Egyptian topics, ranging from architecture, pharaohs, queens, sculpture and art, to gods, mythology, magic and everyday life in ancient Egypt. We also use it as an opportunity to compare notes and discuss theories over a cup of coffee. You can view the biographies of our speakers as they become available.

Apart from meeting once a month, we also organise various Society Activities throughout the year. These may inlude discussion groups, workshops or outings. Once these activities have taken place you can read about them in our Society News.

Society Membership and Contact the Society have been put on the site to help you with the process of joining our society, or working with us on an activity dedicated to Ancient Egypt. Don't be shy to contact our Chairperson or Webmaster with any query. As part of the service to our society members, we distribute a monthly e-mail on ancient Egyptian archaeological news.

The Library is our physical collection of books on ancient Egypt and related topics. These books can be borrowed by members at our monthly meetings.

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is modern Egypt's tribute to the great library of antiquity. The AES South African Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandria, a subgroup of the Ancient Egyptian Society, are members of the Bibalex and currently the only group of this nature in South Africa.

Concluding our site is a link to Nile Travel. Kim Lings, owner of Nile Travel and co-founder and corporate member of the Ancient Egyptian Society, offers very insightful, academic and highly customised tours to Egypt.