{"id":3615,"date":"2024-10-10T18:56:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/?page_id=3615"},"modified":"2025-02-27T21:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:13:04","slug":"searching-for-the-lost-cities-of-egypt-with-dr-carl-graves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/?page_id=3615","title":{"rendered":"Searching for the Lost Cities of Egypt with Dr Carl Graves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/November.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/November.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/November.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/November-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>This talk took place at the November meeting of the Essex Egyptology Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Review2411.pdf\"><strong>Read the meeting review >><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Talk information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forget about the monumental temples and tombs, and immerse yourself in the daily life of ancient Egypt. Together we (virtually by PowerPoint) walk the streets of Amenemhat\u2019s palatial city nestled beneath his pyramid at el-Lisht, mount the ramparts at the Nubian fortress of Buhen, take in the sea breeze at Alexander\u2019s lost Mediterranean capital, and listen for the sounds of a now vanished Cairo.&nbsp; On this whirlwind tour of Egypt\u2019s lost cities, Carl Graves guided us through what \u2018lost\u2019 really means and what might be left to discover beneath the sands (and waters!) of north-eastern Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Carl Graves is the Director of the Egypt Exploration Society and responsible for managing the Society\u2019s day-to-day operations in its London and Cairo Offices.&nbsp; He completed his PhD at the University of Birmingham in 2017 on the topic of cultural landscapes of the Nile Valley during the Middle Kingdom.&nbsp; He holds a BA in Ancient History and MPhil(B) in Egyptology also from the Uni of Birmingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This talk took place at the November meeting of the Essex Egyptology Group. Read the meeting review >> Talk information Forget about the monumental temples and tombs, and immerse yourself in the daily life of ancient Egypt. Together we (virtually by PowerPoint) walk the streets of Amenemhat\u2019s palatial city nestled beneath his pyramid at el-Lisht, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3615","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3615"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3822,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3615\/revisions\/3822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}