Fen Edge Archaeology Group was formed in 2008 and our principal aim is to promote further understanding of the archaeology in the parishes of Willingham, Rampton, Cottenham, Landbeach and Waterbeach, which are in the county of Cambridgeshire.  The group takes its name from its origins in the Fen Edge Community Association.

Please look through our website to find out more about us and what we do.  We are always pleased to welcome new members.  If you would like to join our group or find out more about us then do not hesitate to fill in an application form or contact us.

FEAG is also on facebook.  Click the link to visit our page.

Next Meeting:-

Please note the new date, venue and speaker details.

Thursday 28 November, 7.30pm

‘Seeing the unseen: research into ancient Egyptian funerary culture at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge’ by Melanie Pitkin

Followed by AGM

Tony Cooper Suite, Cottenham Village College

To many people, an ancient Egyptian coffin is a mysterious container made to hold a mummified body, thousands of years old. They are often decorated with strange looking gods and enigmatic hieroglyphic signs. This decoration and text can sometimes tell us much about who the owner was. Techniques, such as CT-scanning and X-radiography to examine coffins, are now revealing unprecedented insights into how coffins were made, opening up a whole new way of thinking about the ancient Egyptian funerary industry and beliefs in the afterlife. This talk will focus on some fascinating finds made on coffins from the Fitzwilliam Museum’s collection.

Melanie Pitkin is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Egyptian Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Melanie has worked on several archaeological digs and travelled extensively throughout Egypt.

Workshops

FEAG holds monthly practical workshops. We have been using the workshops to work on the full recording of the small finds from the Twenty Pence Project excavations and will continue with that process and other aspects of the Twenty Pence Project until it is completed.

All members are welcome to join us. Please contact the secretary by email (feaginfo@gmail.com ) if you would like to take part.