Members Meetings and lectures are usually held at 7:30 pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month, except for December. In July we hold our annual Day School at the Baxter Theatre.
Non-members are very welcome at all meetings, a nominal entry fee is charged
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Tuesday 23rd March at 7.30pm
Keith Grenville – Ancient Egypt in London
Keith is founding Chairman of TESSA and has a deep interest in the history, culture and art of Ancient Egypt and is a well known and popular lecturer on these subjects; he has his own travel company and often leads tours to Egypt as well as to Russia.
Members Platform – Keith Grenville
TWATLE - Travels with a Tour Leader in Egypt – Comedies & Near Tragedies of Leading Groups.
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Tuesday April 27th at 7.30pm
John Lombard – Pharaoh’s Birds – From Art to Hieroglyphs (Double Lecture)
John is a long time member of TESSA and has a number of interests besides Egypt; birding amongst them; he is a member of the Cape Bird Club. John is currently the Organising Secretary on the TESSA committee.
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Tuesday 25th May at 7.30pm
Jean Smith – The Forgotten Temple of Montuhotep II at Deir el Bahri
Jean has had a life long interest in Ancient Egyptian history; her special interests are all aspects of the Middle Kingdom and mummification. She is a course leader in the subject of Ancient Egypt for Tygerberg and Blaauwberg U3A. She is currently Vice Chairman and Secretary on the TESSA Committee.
Members Platform - Anlen Boshoff
The Nomes of Ancient Egypt
Anlen is a past curator of Antiquities at Iziko Museums of Cape Town. She has presented several lectures at Society meetings and at the Day Schools. She has also served on the committee of TESSA.
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Tuesday 22 June 2010 at 7.30pm
To be announced
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Saturday 24th July 2010
TESSA Day School at the Studio Theatre, Baxter Theatre
A TALE OF THREE CITIES – THEBES, AMARNA & ALEXANDRIA
Members R110 Non members R140 Student members R80
10am Welcome and opening address by the Chairman
10.15am Keith Grenville – ‘Ancient Thebes to Modern Luxor’.
11.15am Refreshments
11.45am Professor Anthony Humphreys – ‘Akhetaten – The Capital of a Heretic’.
1pm Buffet lunch
2.15pm Professor Johann Cook – ‘Alexandria – Athens in Africa?’
3.30pm Close
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Cape Town venue for Meetings and Lectures
The Jenny Mallet Hall
St George’s Grammar School
Richmond Road, Mowbray, Cape Town
For a printable pdf of the map, click here
Free secure parking available – non-members are welcome
Valid Membership Cards to be shown at all meetings
TESSA meets for monthly meetings on the fourth Tuesday of every month at St George’s Grammar School, Richmond Road, Mowbray. We have ten meetings a year to which members have free access. Monthly meetings generally take the form of a main lecture of about one hour followed by a tea/coffee break and then a 30 minute “Members’ Platform” where ordinary members are invited to “have their say” on any topic that interests them. Occasionally we have “double lectures” where the topic being addressed is longer than normal and is interrupted by the tea/coffee break with the “Members’ Platform” falling away for that month. Among our speakers have been some international figures, including Dr Zahi Hawass. We attempt to get a high-profile speaker every second or third year but, being at the wrong end of the world results in enormous travel costs.
There is no meeting in December because of the holidays and our July meeting takes the form of our Annual Day School which is held at the Baxter Theatre Complex in Rosebank. This event is the high point of our year and consists of three lectures on a specific theme and a sumptuous Egyptian-style buffet lunch. This is the only thing for which members have to pay – obviously to cover the costs of catering and of the hire of the venue.
At our normal monthly meetings, members have free access to our ever-expanding Lending and Reference library. We have close to 700 books all told, as well as a Video/DVD section and magazines for members’ casual perusal.
Members also receive free copies of our quarterly magazine “Shemu” which contains general interest articles as well as brief details of recent discoveries. Irregular reports on new discoveries are also e-mailed to those members for whom we have an electronic address.
TESSA arranges annual day outings to places of Egyptological interest. Recent outings have included “Egypt in the Boland” and “Egypt in the Swartland.”
ANTHONY HUMPHREYS
