Bloomsbury Summer School

Fascinated by ancient civilisations?

Saturdays and Sundays 22-23, 29-30 November and Sunday 7 December 2025

Course Director: Mr Kit Devine (Independent)

Saturday 22 November

10:45* – 11:00
Students login to Zoom

11:00 – 11:30
BSS Director’s Welcome Address; Introductions

11:30 – 13:00
1. Explanation: Our first signs and first words

14:30 – 15:45
2. Explanation: What are the ‘other’ signs?

16:15 – 17:30
3. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

Sunday 23 November

10:00 – 11:15
4. Explanation: How to read some basic phrases

11:45 – 13:00
5. Guided Reading

14:15 – 15:30
6. Explanation: What the offering cult says about you

16:00 – 17:15
7. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

Saturday 29 November

10:00 – 11:15
8. Explanation: What is the offering formula?

11:45 – 13:00
9. Guided Reading

14:15 – 15:30
10. Explanation: Offering ‘everything perfect and pure’

16:00 – 17:15
11. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

Sunday 30 November

10:00 – 11:15
12. Explanation: Kings’ names and what they tell us

11:45 – 13:00
13. Guided Reading

14:15 – 15:30
14. Explanation: Putting a date on a monument

16:00 – 17:15
15. Guided Reading and Wrap Up

Sunday 7 December

10:00 – 11:15
16. Explanation: Scenes and how to describe them

11:45 – 13:00
17. Guided Reading

14:15 – 15:30
18. Explanation: Looking at Abydos

16:00 – 17:15
19. End-of-course Wrap Up

17:15 – 19:00
End-of-Course online social (you are welcome to invite guests)

* All times are London UK time; Zoom waiting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start.

NB: Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.