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Prof Joann Fletcher

Welcome to Immortal Egypt

Thank you for visiting my official site for all things Egypt, from the first Egyptians to the last of the Pharaohs and beyond. And Yorkshire, obviously! Jo : )

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

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

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

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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OUR EGYPTIAN ‘CULTURAL EXPERIENCE’

The group with Mahmoud, Ian & Jo at Luxor Temple (© Photo Luxor) Happy February, and what a great first half of the month touring the Nile valley with The Cultural Experience on our ‘Immortal Egypt’ tour. As the second time we’ve done this (see https://www.immortalegypt.co.uk/post/immortal-egypt-on-tour ), we were able to change parts of the itinerary to factor in visits to some recently opened places, this year accompanied by the brilliant duo of expert guide Mahmoud Rehim a

Feb 236 min read

‘Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt’ on their way...

Elizabeth Taylor’s 1963 ‘Cleopatra’ featured in the new exhibition (© 20 th Century-Fox) Our first blog of 2026 might be brief, but it’s big news, announcing our ‘Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt’ exhibition bringing together our last 40 years’ research into some of ancient Egypt’s greatest female figures. Jo with 3 more queens in the new exhibition: Hatshepsut, Nefertiti & Nefertari (L-R © R.Haxby, Yorkshire Post & Lion TV) From the first named woman in history to arguabl

Jan 274 min read

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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

WATCH: BBC's Egypt's Lost Queens on PBS TV - including Sky channel 174 - on Thursday, Sept 19, 2024!

WATCH on PBS America, Thu, Sept 19, 10.20am, 3.30pm, 8.25pm and Fri, Sept 20, 12 am.

PBS America, the British television channel from America's Public Broadcasting Service, is available on Freeview 84, Freesat 155, Virgin Media 187, Sky 174, Samsung TV Plus and on-demand with Freeview Play Amazon UK and Amazon Fire TV app.

TV Egyptologist Prof Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. Through a wealth of stories, buildings, documents and personal artefacts, this programme brings to life the remarkable leadership and influence wielded by women whose levels of freedom were unique in the ancient world.

For more read Jo's blogs at www.immortalegypt.co.uk/blogs

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