Bloomsbury Summer School & Academy in Egypt
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2027 BSS&A in Egypt Course Itinerary
Monday 15 to Monday 22 March
SEX IN THE CITY: THE EROTIC WORLD OF ANCIENT THEBES
Course Director: Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (Cardiff University)
Day 1: Monday 15 March
- Arrival in Luxor (participants are responsible for their travel to Luxor. See the information below*)
- Private transfer from Luxor International Airport
- Check into Steigenberger Achti Resort for 7 nights
* Flights can be arranged with our Egyptian Travel Coordinator. Please email: alsinusygalal@yahoo.com.
Day 2: Tuesday 16 March
- Lecture 1: Looking for Sex: The historiography of the sex lives of the Egyptians
- Site visit: Looking for sex at Karnak Temple (with special focus on the Open Air Museum)
- Group lunch at local restaurant
- Lecture 2: The Rise of the Phallus
- Welcome Dinner at the hotel
Day 3: Wednesday 17 March
- Site visit: Temple of Mut at Karnak
- Group lunch at local restaurant
- Lecture 3: Fertility Goddesses
- Lecture 4: Mut: The Great Mother and the Festival of Drunkenness
- Late afternoon excursion: Temple of Luxor (with focus on the birth scenes of Amenhotep III)
Day 4: Thursday 18 March
- Site visit: Tombs of Rekhmire (TT100); Userhat (TT56); Khaemhet (TT57); Menna (TT 69); Nakht (TT52); Huy (TT 40)
- Group lunch at local restaurant
- Lecture 5: Cracking the Code: Eroticism in Egyptian tomb painting
- Lecture 6: Beauty and the Body
Day 5: Friday 19 March
- Site visits: Malqata (SPECIAL OPENING), Medinet Habu including the 'harem' situationed in upper floor of the Syrian Gate (SPECIAL OPENING), Ramesseum
- Group lunch at local restaurant
- Lecture 7: The Royal Harem
- Lecture 8: Malkata: A Theban pleasure palace
Day 6: Saturday 20 March
- Site visit: Full day trip to Abydos and on to Dendera
- Packed lunch
Day 7: Sunday 21 March
- Site visits: Deir el-Medina including Temple of Hathor, various artists’ tombs, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut (especially the birth scenes on the upper terrace)
- Group lunch at local restaurant
- Lecture 9: Sex in Literature: Fables, Wisdom Texts, and Love Songs
- Lecture 10: The Sexy Adventures of Paneb
- Final wrap up: All You Wanted to Know About Sex but were Afraid to Ask – a Q&A session
- Farewell Dinner at hotel
Day 8: Monday 22 March
- Private transfer to airport for return flights*
* Participants are responsible for their own airfare to and from Luxor. Should you require assistance booking flights, our Egyptian Travel Coordinator, Galal Alsenusy and his team can organise this for you. For details please email: alsinusygalal@yahoo.com.
