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Prof Joann Fletcher

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Cleopatra and The Queens of Egypt: Prof Joann Fletcher's new exhibition at Experience Barnsley

Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt, curated by Prof Joann Fletcher, is a fascinating new free exhibition, now open at Experience Barnsley Museum and running until February 20, 2027. Spanning more than 5,000 years of female power, it explores 12 legendary rulers, featuring ancient treasures, Howard Carter artwork, Hollywood memorabilia and even rare Cleopatra and Mark Antony coins discovered in South Yorkshire soil. Read more at Barnsley Museums visit www.barnsley-museums.com. Full story see The Yorkshire Post article by Graham Walker at: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.

Tut'22 Live: An exclusive audience with
Prof Joann Fletcher & Dr Stephen Buckley

TV's Egyptology couple Prof Joann Fletcher and partner Dr Stephen Buckley join The Yorkshire Post and The Star's Graham Walker to unwrap their career highlights in this rare and exclusive interview.

The two-hour Barnsley Museums fund-raiser, originally a PPV live stream, filmed in front of an audience at Barnsley Sixth Form College is now presented here with additional visuals as a special director cut version. It was the finale of a Tut ‘22: The Life of Tutankhamun temporary exhibition at Experience Barnsley Museum & Discovery Centre, curated by Prof Fletcher, which attracted 40,000+ in person visitors, marking the century of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb and incredible local links.

Video and live stream by www.frontrowlive.co.uk

3D VIRTUAL TOUR: Bolton Museum: Replica Ancient Egyptian Tomb of TUTHMOSIS III

Step into this amazing 3D virtual tour of an exact full-size replica tomb of Tuthmosis III at Bolton Museum in the UK - the only replica of its kind outside Egypt. The story of the tomb and the real identitity of the royal mummified body on display inside is brought to life by Prof Joann Fletcher and the museum's Eygtology curator Ian Trumble.

3D tour by www.frontrowlive.co.uk

THE BEAUTY, THE BEAST & HATSHEPSUT’S GRANDMOTHER

‘Cleopatra & the Queens’ display case no.2 (© ImmortalEgypt) Despite the fairy-tale like title of this month’s blog, the contents are pure ancient Egypt as we unpack the second display in our ‘Cleopatra & the Queens’ exhibition. And with its contents linking back to the Pyramid Age (in last month’s blog https://www.immortalegypt.co.uk/post/the-goddess-of-creation-history-s-first-queens-the-power-of-regalia), they also look forward almost 2,000 years when influencing Cleopatra

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THE GODDESS OF CREATION, HISTORY’S FIRST QUEENS & THE POWER OF REGALIA

Jo at the Timeline of Queens (© Barnsley Council) With spring having finally arrived and new life emerging all over, it seems timely to return to the beginning of creation ancient Egyptian-style, when the primeval waters gave way to reveal Neith the great creator who gave birth to the very sun itself. As one of the key figures in our new exhibition ‘Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt’, Neith is the first of five female deities presiding over our unfolding story of Egypt’s fema

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THE ARRIVAL OF THE QUEENS OF EGYPT

Cleopatra And The Queens Of Egypt exhibition is now open at Experience Barnsley until Saturday, February 20, 2027 Wow, what an amazing month, during which the Queens of Egypt finally arrived in Barnsley! Meeting their public for the first time on 7 th March, International Women’s Day, Cleopatra herself now takes centre-stage via her marble bust, the original housed in Berlin’s Staatliche Museen replicated for us by the museum’s renowned Gipsformerei Workshop (below). The o

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3D VIRTUAL TOUR: Resurrecting Ancient Egypt:
A Monumental Yorkshire Journey

EXHIBTION: BEVERLEY TREASURE HOUSE DEC 10, 2024 - MAY 10, 2025

Resurrecting Ancient Egypt: A Monumental Yorkshire Journey is on show at Beverley’s Treasure House Museum from December 10, 2024 o May 10, 2025. Designed and curated by Prof Joann Fletcher, with images by Kyte Photography, it include objects displayed in public for the first time from The Egyptomania Museum.

The virtual tour above shows the Barnsley Museums touring photo exhibition when it was presented by Scarborough Museums and Galleries at Scarborough Art Gallery, in 2022-23. It is an exclusively commissioned body of work, researched, designed and curated by Prof Fletcher - with images by Jennifer Robertson LRPS and Lynne Fletcher of Kyte Photography. It gives a fascinating look at the Egyptian inspired architecture found throughout Yorkshire and reflects the West’s enduring fascination with Egypt’s ancient monuments, long regarded as the ultimate symbols of immortality, copied and constructed for centuries right across Europe.

3D tour by v21artspace.com

3D VIRTUAL TOUR: Tut'22: The Life Of Tutankhamun

Step this way for an amazing 3D virtual tour of the exhibition curated by Prof Joann Fletcher at Experience Barnsley Museum & Discovery Centre which celebrates the Yorkshire towns links with the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb 100 years ago. It features almost 300 objects and artefacts, many on loan from Bolton Museum. The digital tour includes 121 hotspots, providing extended information and hours of fun, with 3D objects, videos, photos, page turning e-Mags, downloadable publications, children's worksheets and more. Watch Jo's video above and see her Blogs page.

3D tour by www.frontrowlive.co.uk

Tut'22: The Life Of Tutankhamun at Experience Barnsley

Jo welcomes you to the most recent exhibition she has curated for Barnsley Museums, in association with Bolton Museum, which celebrates the South Yorkshire town's links with the discovery of the Boy King's tomb on the 100th anniversary, running until March 18, 2023. For more see Jo's Blogs page and take the 3D virtual tour below.

Video by www.frontrowlive.co.uk

Immortal Egypt: The Definitive Ancient Egypt Documentary

Watch Jo's BBC series 'Immortal Egypt' here in its entirety - almost four hours of compulsive viewing, which has already had more than 22 MILLION views on YouTube with millions more on BBC2 and BBC4. The Youtube version is provided by Odyssey, part of the History Hit Network - part of History Channel.For queries, contact owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com

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