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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

Ptolemaic Tapestries & the Finest Dining: at home with Cleopatra & the Queens

Barnsley-born DJ & icon Steph Hirst studying Cleopatra-style décor during our exhibition preview (© Barnsley Council) In a month which has seen the famous Bayeux Tapestry arrive in the UK (aka ‘London’), it’s all about ancient décor, palatial interiors and fine dining here at Immortal Egypt as we unpack our 6th case in the ‘Cleopatra & the Queens’ exhibition featured in this month’s Aroundtown lifestyle magazine at: https://www.aroundtownmagazine.co.uk/aroundtown-meets-profe

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CLEOPATRA THE LIVING GODDESS, LUNAR LADY & ISIS AUGUSTA

With August always starting with Yorkshire Day and ending with an Immortal-style birthday, this year also featured a partial eclipse, all of which links to our ‘Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt’ exhibition in Barnsley. Goddess Isis with case 5 in the ‘Cleopatra & the Queens of Egypt’ exhibition (© I.Trumble) So this month brings us to Case 5 and the great Cleopatra herself, appearing beneath the watchful gaze of our final exhibition goddess Isis who appears in golden outline

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Literary Queens of Style: from Nefertari to Agatha Christie

‘Queen of Crime’ Agatha Christie 1922 (@herculepoirot64) & Queen Nefertari c.1255 BC (© OsirisTours) With our current exhibition ‘Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt’ continuing to dominate much of our day-to-day work, we’ve reached July, the month named after Cleopatra’s partner Julius Caesar. Not that we’re obsessed with the great woman and her female predecessors (much!), but work over the last few weeks has included a Cleopatra-themed tv project, writing an introduction for

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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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