# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Amarna lectures with Dylan Bickerstaffe
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 01:15 pm – Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 04:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Date: 18th July 2026, 1:15pm - 4:30pm.
Location: Lincoln Bishop University (formerly Bishop Grossteste University)

Speaker: Dylan Bickerstaffe
Amarna Times and Amarna Tombs: Clues to the history of Ancient Egypt’s most enigmatic era.
LECTURE ONE: The Road to Amarna.
LECTURE TWO: The End of the Dream.

Member price:£15.00
Student price: £8.00
Non-member price: £17.00

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Amarna Times and Amarna Tombs : 

Clues to the history of Ancient Egypt’s most enigmatic era.

The Amarna Period (at the end of the 18th dynasty) is notoriously thin on dating evidence, hampering any attempt at building a sequence of events. We are therefore forced to turn to less certain indicators. Fortunately, the evidence we must examine is both interesting and visually attractive – including fascinating scenes decorating tomb walls both at Amarna and elsewhere.

The question of whether part of Akhenaten’s reign was taken up in a co-regency with his father, Amenhotep III, and/or with a successor, is something we shall look into along the way.

1. The Road to Amarna.

Starting with the legacy of the great pharaoh, Amenhotep III we follow developments in the reign of Amenhotep IV and his transition to become Akhenaten. We follow the establishment and growth of the City of Akhetaten (Amarna) alongside the growth in Akhenaten’s family and court.

2. The End of the Dream.

We see how the character of the tombs of Akhenaten’s nobles changed later in his reign, as did the Royal Tomb itself. There can be no dispute that the later years in the life of Amarna City and its creator were clouded by a series of tragic deaths. Was there a plague? 

The conclusion sees the ‘heretic pharaoh’ succeeded by an ephemeral series of short-lived rulers, of whom Tutankhamun was arguably the most durable.

About the speaker:

Dylan has, over the last twenty-five years, lectured extensively to EgyptologySocieties around the UK and abroad, South Africa, and Luxor. He has published numerous articles in academic journals and popular publications, and led many tours to Egypt, Crete and Italy. He has also contributed to TV programmes on Egyptian mummies and tomb-robbery by National Geographic etc.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lincoln/amarna-lectures-with-dylan-bickerstaffe/200030209739109
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 11

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- **city**: Lincoln
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Lincoln Bishop University
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- **full address**: Lincoln Bishop University, Lincoln Bishop University, Longdales Road,Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Amarna lectures with Dylan Bickerstaffe being held?
  - **A:** Amarna lectures with Dylan Bickerstaffe takes place on Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 01:15 pm to Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 04:30 pm at Lincoln Bishop University, Lincoln Bishop University, Longdales Road,Lincoln, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Amarna lectures with Dylan Bickerstaffe?
  - **A:** Amarna lectures with Dylan Bickerstaffe is organized by AEMES - The Ancient Egypt and Middle East Society, Lincoln.

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