Dr Chris Naunton
@chrisnaunton.bsky.social
Egyptologist. Books, TV, online lectures. Director of The Robert Anderson Trust
Dear friends, I’m so sorry to do this you again but I am having to move the time of both the next two lectures on YouTube, as follows:
Mentuhotep II and the Rise of Thebes
Thursday 27 November
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Mentuhotep II and the Rise of Thebes
Thursday 27 November
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NOW CHANGED TO 1600
youtube.com/live/qzSlHGH...
And...
Mentuhotep II and the Rise of Thebes
YouTube video by Chris Naunton
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November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Dear friends, I’m so sorry to do this you again but I am having to move the time of both the next two lectures on YouTube, as follows:
Mentuhotep II and the Rise of Thebes
Thursday 27 November
Prev time 1800
NOW CHANGED TO 1600
youtube.com/live/qzSlHGH...
And...
Mentuhotep II and the Rise of Thebes
Thursday 27 November
Prev time 1800
NOW CHANGED TO 1600
youtube.com/live/qzSlHGH...
And...
The Robert Anderson Trust (of which I'm Director) is now inviting applications for research visits to London in 2026. All the information and a link to the application form can be found on the Trust’s website: robertandersontrust.org/apply/
Apply
Update November 2025: the Trust is now inviting postgraduate and postdoctoral students and scholars in the arts and humanities to apply for the opportunity to visit London for a period of one month…
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November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Robert Anderson Trust (of which I'm Director) is now inviting applications for research visits to London in 2026. All the information and a link to the application form can be found on the Trust’s website: robertandersontrust.org/apply/
Folks, TALK LIKE an EGYPTIAN will be going LIVE on Tuesday morning at 10 am (UK time). In audio and video! If we can make it work that is… I know nothing about this but Iszi does and she’s in charge so I’m sure it will be fine. More info: www.patreon.com/posts/livest...
LIVESTREAM! Tues 11th Nov 10:00 AM | Talk Like An Egyptian
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November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Folks, TALK LIKE an EGYPTIAN will be going LIVE on Tuesday morning at 10 am (UK time). In audio and video! If we can make it work that is… I know nothing about this but Iszi does and she’s in charge so I’m sure it will be fine. More info: www.patreon.com/posts/livest...
PODCAST NEW EPISODE! Series 1, episode 5: Egyptomania
Why are we so obsessed with Ancient Egypt? All children study it, museums w Egyptian objects are always full, documentaries do really well, and we’ve had a couple of waves of Egyptomania... All episodes here: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
Why are we so obsessed with Ancient Egypt? All children study it, museums w Egyptian objects are always full, documentaries do really well, and we’ve had a couple of waves of Egyptomania... All episodes here: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
PODCAST NEW EPISODE! Series 1, episode 5: Egyptomania
Why are we so obsessed with Ancient Egypt? All children study it, museums w Egyptian objects are always full, documentaries do really well, and we’ve had a couple of waves of Egyptomania... All episodes here: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
Why are we so obsessed with Ancient Egypt? All children study it, museums w Egyptian objects are always full, documentaries do really well, and we’ve had a couple of waves of Egyptomania... All episodes here: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
Lecture in Rolla, Missouri! Come and say hi! news.mst.edu/2025/09/egyp...
Egyptologist to speak at Missouri S&T library
Egyptologist Dr. Chris Naunton will speak about the search for the tombs of some of Egypt’s most famous rulers and sign books at the Curtis Laws Wilson Library at Missouri S&T this week.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Lecture in Rolla, Missouri! Come and say hi! news.mst.edu/2025/09/egyp...
Feeling very honoured to have been invited to give the Thompson Lecture - on 'Tutankhamun: In Life, Death and Eternal Afterlife' - at the Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA: 14938a.blackbaudhosting.com/14938a/Thomp...
September 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Feeling very honoured to have been invited to give the Thompson Lecture - on 'Tutankhamun: In Life, Death and Eternal Afterlife' - at the Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA: 14938a.blackbaudhosting.com/14938a/Thomp...
IT'S A NEW PODCAST! WOOOO! 🙌 Talk Like and Egyptian with me and @iszi.com. Subscribe via Apple podcasts, Spotify etc, and support us by becoming a member please and thank you. All the info is here: www.patreon.com/cw/TalkLikeA... Enjoy! Oh and LIFE! PROSPERITY! HEALTH! 😀
Talk Like An Egyptian | Patreon
A podcast about Ancient Egypt with Chris Naunton & Iszi Lawrence
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September 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
IT'S A NEW PODCAST! WOOOO! 🙌 Talk Like and Egyptian with me and @iszi.com. Subscribe via Apple podcasts, Spotify etc, and support us by becoming a member please and thank you. All the info is here: www.patreon.com/cw/TalkLikeA... Enjoy! Oh and LIFE! PROSPERITY! HEALTH! 😀
Folks, next year we are at last going back to the Western Desert: www.ancient.co.uk/holiday/karn... Luxor to Kharga in the 4x4s via via Dush, Zayan, Ghweita, Hibis, Bagawat and elsewhere, then onto the GEM, Saqqara and Giza. CANNOT WAIT!
September 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Folks, next year we are at last going back to the Western Desert: www.ancient.co.uk/holiday/karn... Luxor to Kharga in the 4x4s via via Dush, Zayan, Ghweita, Hibis, Bagawat and elsewhere, then onto the GEM, Saqqara and Giza. CANNOT WAIT!
The GEM will finally be fully open later this year and I'll be there with an AWT in February. Come along! mailchi.mp/ancient/temp...
August 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The GEM will finally be fully open later this year and I'll be there with an AWT in February. Come along! mailchi.mp/ancient/temp...
Honoured to have been invited to speak at Missouri S&T (www.mst.edu) on 2 October. If you're nearby please come and say hi!
August 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Honoured to have been invited to speak at Missouri S&T (www.mst.edu) on 2 October. If you're nearby please come and say hi!
NEW ONLINE LECTURES for AUGUST 2025 to FEBRUARY 2026!
The Karnak Cachette – Fishing for Statues
Thurs 28 August 2025
www.youtube.com/live/kdv8yvs...
Searching for the Missing Cities of Egypt
Thursday 25 September 2025
www.youtube.com/live/9vgk3_i...
The Karnak Cachette – Fishing for Statues
Thurs 28 August 2025
www.youtube.com/live/kdv8yvs...
Searching for the Missing Cities of Egypt
Thursday 25 September 2025
www.youtube.com/live/9vgk3_i...
August 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
NEW ONLINE LECTURES for AUGUST 2025 to FEBRUARY 2026!
The Karnak Cachette – Fishing for Statues
Thurs 28 August 2025
www.youtube.com/live/kdv8yvs...
Searching for the Missing Cities of Egypt
Thursday 25 September 2025
www.youtube.com/live/9vgk3_i...
The Karnak Cachette – Fishing for Statues
Thurs 28 August 2025
www.youtube.com/live/kdv8yvs...
Searching for the Missing Cities of Egypt
Thursday 25 September 2025
www.youtube.com/live/9vgk3_i...
Our first ‘MISSING CITIES’ trip has sold out! And so we’ll be doing it again in December 2026 😊 and it’s now open for bookings here: www.ancient.co.uk/holiday/the-...
August 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Our first ‘MISSING CITIES’ trip has sold out! And so we’ll be doing it again in December 2026 😊 and it’s now open for bookings here: www.ancient.co.uk/holiday/the-...
A long time ago I wrote about the discovery of the temple of Mentuhotep by Naville for the EES’ newsletter: www.academia.edu/1349590/A_Hi... It always seemed to me to be a great story & that the temple has been unfairly overlooked by comparison with its neighbour, the temple of Hatshepsut.
August 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A long time ago I wrote about the discovery of the temple of Mentuhotep by Naville for the EES’ newsletter: www.academia.edu/1349590/A_Hi... It always seemed to me to be a great story & that the temple has been unfairly overlooked by comparison with its neighbour, the temple of Hatshepsut.
Can't wait for this: ‘TEMPLES & TOMBS – SPECIAL EDITION’ www.ancient.co.uk/holiday/temp... Based mostly in Luxor but with a full day at the GEM at the start. We’ve got a special permit to visit the temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahri which I’m really excited about as I’ve never been inside...
August 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Can't wait for this: ‘TEMPLES & TOMBS – SPECIAL EDITION’ www.ancient.co.uk/holiday/temp... Based mostly in Luxor but with a full day at the GEM at the start. We’ve got a special permit to visit the temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahri which I’m really excited about as I’ve never been inside...
I’ve just made my talk on ‘The EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH – The Middle Kingdom and the Faiyum Region’ available for a limited time to everyone via YouTube: youtube.com/live/6yGgwIk...
The EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH – The Middle Kingdom and the Faiyum Region
YouTube video by Chris Naunton
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July 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I’ve just made my talk on ‘The EGYPTIAN LABYRINTH – The Middle Kingdom and the Faiyum Region’ available for a limited time to everyone via YouTube: youtube.com/live/6yGgwIk...
Reposted by Dr Chris Naunton
Petros Koutoupis is talking spirit animals with Egyptologist, @chrisnaunton.bsky.social
Digging Up The Past - Episode 23: In Search of Lost Egyptian Tombs
More at DiggingUpThePast.com
#egypt #egyptology #ancientegypt #ancient #history
Digging Up The Past - Episode 23: In Search of Lost Egyptian Tombs
More at DiggingUpThePast.com
#egypt #egyptology #ancientegypt #ancient #history
July 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Petros Koutoupis is talking spirit animals with Egyptologist, @chrisnaunton.bsky.social
Digging Up The Past - Episode 23: In Search of Lost Egyptian Tombs
More at DiggingUpThePast.com
#egypt #egyptology #ancientegypt #ancient #history
Digging Up The Past - Episode 23: In Search of Lost Egyptian Tombs
More at DiggingUpThePast.com
#egypt #egyptology #ancientegypt #ancient #history
Temple & Tombs SPECIAL EDITION. Really excited about this trip as it includes a special permit to visit the spectacular XIth Dynasty temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahri... More info / to book: ancient.co.uk/holiday/temp...
June 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Temple & Tombs SPECIAL EDITION. Really excited about this trip as it includes a special permit to visit the spectacular XIth Dynasty temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahri... More info / to book: ancient.co.uk/holiday/temp...
Lectures NOT ONLINE! Lots of lectures and study days coming up in the next few weeks and months: London, Northampton, Horsham, Pisa, Italy, Rolla, MO and Flint, MI in the US, Glasgow, Barnsley, Poynton, Taunton and Kent: chrisnaunton.com/lectures-in-...
Lectures in Person
I often get asked to give lectures etc. around the UK and elsewhere. Invitations are always welcome! Please drop me a line here. Details of forthcoming online talks are here. FORTHCOMING EVENTS: LO…
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June 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Lectures NOT ONLINE! Lots of lectures and study days coming up in the next few weeks and months: London, Northampton, Horsham, Pisa, Italy, Rolla, MO and Flint, MI in the US, Glasgow, Barnsley, Poynton, Taunton and Kent: chrisnaunton.com/lectures-in-...
NEXT WEEKEND (Sat 28 June): Me and Iszi Lawrence will be doing a chat and Q&A after a screening a screening of The Mummy at the British Museum. More info / tickets: www.britishmuseum.org/.../behind-s... See you there? The BM has excellent aircon - added incentive for Londoners at the moment...
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June 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
NEXT WEEKEND (Sat 28 June): Me and Iszi Lawrence will be doing a chat and Q&A after a screening a screening of The Mummy at the British Museum. More info / tickets: www.britishmuseum.org/.../behind-s... See you there? The BM has excellent aircon - added incentive for Londoners at the moment...
Thanks to everyone who came along to my talks on 'THE BATTLE of QADESH – Ramesses the Great vs The Hittites' last week. The recorded version is already available to channel members, here: youtube.com/live/Jo_SUr2...
THE BATTLE of QADESH – Ramesses the Great vs The Hittites
YouTube video by Chris Naunton
youtube.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Thanks to everyone who came along to my talks on 'THE BATTLE of QADESH – Ramesses the Great vs The Hittites' last week. The recorded version is already available to channel members, here: youtube.com/live/Jo_SUr2...
Life on the Desert Edge: Memories of Beit Emery by Sue Davies - a wonderful new book which I strongly recommend. I've written a brief review here: chrisnaunton.com/2025/06/02/l...
Life on the Desert Edge, by Sue Davies
Last week I attended the launch of Sue Davies’ new book, Life on the Desert Edge: Memories of Beit Emery a memoir of her time at the British dig house at Saqqara. ‘Beit’ is Arabic for ‘house’ and B…
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June 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Life on the Desert Edge: Memories of Beit Emery by Sue Davies - a wonderful new book which I strongly recommend. I've written a brief review here: chrisnaunton.com/2025/06/02/l...
So pleased that friends at Manchester AE Soc are putting on this study day in memory my auntie Jill (McKeown) who died last year, having been a MAES member since the 1980s: bit.ly/3S7qTCL
MAES VENUE Study Day: New Research on Ancient Egyptian Textiles
Prof Rosalie David and 6 colleagues present new multidisciplinary research on ancient Egyptian textiles held in museums in NW England
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May 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
So pleased that friends at Manchester AE Soc are putting on this study day in memory my auntie Jill (McKeown) who died last year, having been a MAES member since the 1980s: bit.ly/3S7qTCL
This was such a fun shoot. Big thank you to the team: Director Sigrid, DoP Josselin, second cameraman Anthony, local producer/fixer Mohamed, Khaled and the boys. Finished product due on French television at Christmas time, and internationally thereafter!
May 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This was such a fun shoot. Big thank you to the team: Director Sigrid, DoP Josselin, second cameraman Anthony, local producer/fixer Mohamed, Khaled and the boys. Finished product due on French television at Christmas time, and internationally thereafter!
