

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 'Stones of the Pharaohs' Evening Talk at Durlston Country Park
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: On Thursday 19th March, as a bonus 'Friends of Durlston' evening talk, join Durlston Resident Volunteer and qualified archaeologist Eddie J B Stirzaker to learn about the amazing archaeological collection of the late Dr Peter Merrett, including internationally significant Egyptian artefacts.

Dr Merrett’s ‘cabinet of curiosities’, gifted to Durlston by his family, contains artefacts including meteorites, Zulu assagai and cannonballs from the Franco-Prussian war, as well as neolithic axeheads and bronze age arrowheads.

Perhaps most surprising however was Eddie’s discovery of Egyptian artefacts from the Old Kingdom period, including rare stoneware and even suspected wall fragments from the temple complex of the Pharaoh Khafre, dating back to the 4th Dynasty Old Kingdom, 2450BC!

7:30pm start, no booking required. £3.50 per person, free to ‘Friends of Durlston’ members.

#DurlstonCountryPark, #Swanage, #IsleofPurbeck, #JurassicCoast, #Dorset, #England.

#History #Egyptology #Archeology
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- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Poole
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Durlston Country Park, Lighthouse Road, BH19 2JL Swanage, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 50.59508
- **long**: -1.95389
- **full address**: Durlston Country Park, Lighthouse Road, BH19 2JL Swanage, United Kingdom, Poole, United Kingdom

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- **organizer**: Durlston Country Park (https://allevents.in/org/durlston-country-park/11315598)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Mar, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Durlston Country Park, Lighthouse Road, BH19 2JL Swanage, United Kingdom, Poole, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Durlston Country Park
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 'Stones of the Pharaohs' Evening Talk at Durlston Country Park ?
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