Herald - Issue 415

Page 62 • The HERALD • 18th November 2021 v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v FAWLEY GARAGE SERVICE - PARTS - M.O.T.’S ALL MAKES OF VEHICLE SERVICED AND REPAIRED • D iagnostic F ault F inding • T yres - F itting & B alancing • L aser T racking FAWLEY 8089 1057 THE VILLAGE, CALSHOT ROAD, FAWLEY VAUXTECH LOCAL GARAGE Tel: 023 8086 9496 Unit 5, New Forest Enterprise Centre, Totton, Southampton SO40 9LA LOCAL GARAGE EST 23 YEARS • Servicing & Repairs • MOT’s (arranged) • Brakes • Clutches • Tyres • Air Conditioning • Collection & Delivery Locally Friendly & Reliable Onsite Café Facilities All Makes & Models Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email editor@herald-publishing.co.uk THE WEATHER Totton South U3A group are o ering a varied programme at their 3rd Friday afternoon of the month general meetings at Colbury Memorial Hall including speakers. On Friday 19th November for ‘ e Weather’ by a television weather presenter! Followed on Friday 17th December for Entertainment: ‘ e Madding Crowd’ - e meeting arrangements will be provided nearer the date. Visitors are welcome for a nominal charge as a preview to joining TSU3A. Anyone who has retired from full- time employment is welcome, further information is available on the web or by calling: 07305 178402. Ancient Egypt e Southampton Ancient Egypt Society (SAES) next meeting from 1.30pm for a 2pm start will be on Thursday 20th November for Nicky van de Beek ‘From Saqqara to Leiden: e Journey of the Tomb Chapel of Hetepherakhet’. e o ering chapel of Hetepherakhty was once part of a Mastaba Tomb in the desert of Saqqara. It dates back to the h dynasty, when kings built pyramid complexes and sun temples scattered around the Memphite necropolis. Hetepherakhty held titles of a judicial nature, but as a priest he was also connected to the cult of former kings. His modest sized o ering chapel is decorated with high quality relief decoration. It shows him spear shing in the marshes, inspecting agricultural activities and enjoying a funeral meal. He is surrounded by scenes of shing, fowling, baking and brewing, as well as preparations for his funeral. e tomb was excavated by Auguste Mariette in the1860’s, when a di erent stance was held with regard to antiquities than nowadays. How did the tomb chapel end up in a museum in Leiden? What happened during its long museum history? And how can it be studied using modern technology? Nicky van de Beek is a PhD student at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, where she studies representations of landscape in tomb iconography from the Old to the New Kingdom. She has excavated in Luxor and Saqqara, and loves to wander around these sites with her camera. An extra meeting will be taking place on Thursday 25th November at 7pm for John Wyatt ‘Herodotus on Egyptian Animals - Fact or Fiction?’ Herodotus has been described as both the Father of History and the Father of Lies. is talk examines his statements on Egyptian wildlife in Book 2 of his Histories and assesses their accuracy as a partial answer to this question. e Society are meeting over Zoom at the moment due to COVID-19 restrictions. For more details contact the Secretary on: 07729 627901 or email: saesinfo55@gmail.com Go along and join the Knit & Knatter group (Crochet too) at Hythe Library on Tuesday afternoons from 2pm - 4pm. Dates for the remainder of the year are: 30th November, 7th and 21st December. £1.50 per session and new members always welcome. Fancy a Knit & Knatter?