THE ETERNAL JOURNEY - The Egyptian Book of the Dead
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2 reviews - Highgate Cemetery West
Description
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Tickets from £13.20
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Thu, 10th Oct 2019 @ 19:00 - 21:30
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19:00 - 21:30
The ETERNAL JOURNEY - THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
A Salon in Highgate Cemetery as part of London Month of the Dead
Explaining what happens to us when we die is one of the principal functions of religions. Some of them even go as far as issuing detailed guidance as to what we can expect on our voyage to the next world.
“The Book of Emerging Forth into the Light” was a series of magic spells complied by Egyptian priests over 1000s of years to help the dead soul traverse the underworld and attain the afterlife. A papyrus copy would be placed in the tombs of Pharaohs. Over the years the privilege began to be accorded to lower mortals too. Prussian Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius produced the first modern translation of these incantations in 1842 and it was he who coined the name “The Book of the Dead”. In her talk, Egyptologist and curator of the Petrie Museum ANNA GARNETT will explore the spells, prayers and incantations contained within this collection of funerary texts paying special attention to the orignal manuscript held in the Petrie Museum.
Tickets £12 including a delightful Hendrick's Gin cocktail and a 20% donation to Highgate Cemetery.
Dr Anna Garnett
Dr Anna Garnett is the curator at the Petrie Museum where she cares for the 80,600 Egyptian and Sudanese objects in the collection. She developed an interest in ancient Egypt at a young age which led her to study Egyptology at the University of Liverpool. She is also a graduate of the HLF-funded ‘Future Curators’ Programme, part of the ‘Skills for the Future’ initiative, and over the past 15 years has worked with local, national and University museum collections in the UK, including the curation of permanent, temporary and touring exhibitions.
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Includes a delightful gin cocktail
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19:00 - 21:30 | £13.20 |
Location
Address
Highgate Cemetery West, The Chapel, Swain's Lane, Highgate, N6 6PJ
Nearest Station
Archway (Tube)
Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
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2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue.
3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified.
4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event.
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6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed.
7. We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase.
8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets.
9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management, DesignMyNight or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be
refused entry to or ejected from the venue.
10. The venue may operate a No Smoking Policy.
11. The promoter, venue management and DesignMyNight accept no responsibility for any personal property.
12. The event listed on the purchased ticket is strictly for ticket holders who are over 18 years of age. Identification may be required.
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