Introduction

      The Plymouth & District Egyptology Society (PADES) is a small friendly group of people who share an interest in all aspects of life in Ancient Egypt. The Society started in 1999 and has enjoyed growing membership over the last few years. The Society currently has about 50 members who come from all over Devon & Cornwall.

We normally meet on the first Saturday of each month from September to April (please see our programme pages). We also aim to have one or more day schools a year. Members receive three issues a year of the society journal The Pades Papyrus.  The society also has a discussion group. Members enjoy visits to locations both within the UK and abroad as well as social events. Past visits have included museums in Paris, Berlin, Turin and Leiden and in 2004 twelve members travelled together to attend the Luxor Conference in Egypt. Many members are regular visitors to Egypt.

At present we meet for Saturday afternoon lectures in the Swarthmore Hall, Mutley Plain, Plymouth and hold days schools at the Mountbatten Water Sports Centre, Mountbatten, Plymstock, Plymouth.

We extend a warm welcome to any visitor or new members at our lectures and day schools.

The society has been fortunate to have had some of Egyptology’s leading members lecture to us. Past lecturers have included Professor Ken Kitchen, Dr. Aidan Dodson, Alison Roberts, Professor Valerie Maxfield, Dr. Robert Morcot, Lucia Gahlin, Penny Wilson, Ian Mathieson, Professor Alan Lloyd, and Christine el-Mahdy. We have also held four very successful day schools with Joyce Tyldesley and Stephen Snape; David Rohl; Professor Jan and Rosalind Jansen, and; Robert Partridge and Peter Phillips.

 
Society Aims and Objectives:

      The Aim of the Society shall be: -

      To support the Society’s members to pursue their interests in all aspects of Ancient Egyptian life.

      The Objectives of the Society shall be: -

       i). To facilitate planned lectures, day schools and other activities in support of the Society’s aim including visits within the U.K and abroad together with

           opportunities for social events;

       ii). To offer support to assist in research/excavations in Ancient Egyptian studies;

      iii). To co-operate, where appropriate, with other bodies having similar objectives, whether in the United Kingdom or abroad;

      iv). To collect and disseminate information on matters affecting such objectives;

      v). To do all such other lawful things as are necessary or desirable for the attainment of the aim of the Society.

 
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