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18th April 2026
28th May 2026
In April and May 2026 I'll be giving my talk "Tutankhamum: The Extra-Terrestrial Connection" to the good folks in Chesterfield and Wigan.
The Chesterfield talk starts at 1.30pm
March 2026
The Great Pyramid Adventure
Working with Ancient World Tours, we've put together an incredible itinerary for Cario in March 2026. Very much pyramid-focussed, on this tour we will be exploring the entirety of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, including the areas off limits to the public. We’ll also be exploring the vast network of beautifully finished subterranean corridors of the Black Pyramid and, most excitingly of all, the original ‘North Entrance’ of the Step Pyramid of Zoser.
Please click here for more information from the AWT website.
New Year 2026
Rewriting the History of the Great Sphinx
My second book is due for publication with Archaeopress early in 2026
Saturday 25th October 2025
Manchester Ancient Egypt Society - Study Day
Ancient Egypt’s Natural World
I'm joining all at MAES together with Judith Bunbury, Piers Litherland and Juliet Spedding in an exploration of the landscape of
ancient Egypt and the effects of geology and climate change on society,
economics, politics and wildlife.
Details available on the MAES website
20th September 2025
I'm also visiting SES in Horsham in September to give a new talk, "Ancient Egypt's Earliest Dynasties: What do We Really know?"
The talk starts at 2pm
9th June 2025
I've been asked back to Wirral Ancient Egypt Society to give my presentation entitled "Tutankhamum: The Extra-Terrestrial Connection".
Maybe I'll see you there?
The talk starts at 2pm
7th June 2025
Pre- and Early Dynastic Study Day - The Egypt Centre, Swansea University
I can't make it to Swansea for what I expect will be a fascinating study day, focussing on my favourite period of ancient Egypt. Thankfully however, there is an option to join on-line.
Even better - registration is free.
October 2024
I managed to visit Rome for the first time.....not sure what took me so long!!!
The highlight of the trip was to get to see the Pantheon. The monolithic columns that support the portico were quarried at Mons Claudianus, in Egypt's Eastern Desert. I'd visited the quarries at Mons Claudianus twice in 2008, and at long last, I've seen the fruits of all that ancient quarrying work.
September 2024
Current Research in Egyptology Conference. The latest in this annual series of Egyptology conferences was held at Liverpool University in early September 2024 and was a great success. Full details can be found here.
Many thanks to all the researchers who presented at the conference, to the delegates and to the CRE committee for all the hard work in making the conference happen.
March 2024
A god among gods. Among the many reproductions of Anubis, Set and Hathor available to buy at Giza, it was great to see statuettes of Mo Salah in his Liverpool Football Club kit. YNWA
March 2024
December 2023
Ahead of Christmas, American University in Cairo Press invited me to give an on-line talk about A Gift of Geology. A recording of this talk is available on You Tube.
