Winter Lecture: Why Are We So Fascinated By Ancient Egypt?

Name: Winter Lecture: Why Are We So Fascinated By Ancient Egypt?
Start: 2025-04-02T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-02T21:00:00+01:00
Location: M Shed

Schedule

Wed Apr 02 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

M Shed | Bristol, EN

Dr Campbell Price explores why we are so fascinated by ancient Egypt in the last Winter Lecture of the series.
Pharaonic Egypt has an enduring hold on the popular imagination that few other ancient civilizations can match. Glamour, mystery, fear and strange sense of familiarity have combined to create both an intoxicating mirage - but also a monolithic 'museum culture'. This lecture interrogates the child-like wonder of first encounters with 'Ancient Egypt', its various influences in Western perceptions, and explores the circularity of influences between museums and popular culture.
How to take part
Tickets are pay what you can.
Thanks to the generous sponsorship from the Friends of Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives , this season’s Winter Lectures will be held in person at M Shed and online via Zoom.