World's Collide: Fin de Siècle Fantasy Egypt

Jump from the 21st century back over 100 years, then back to Ancient Egypt and forward again. A Friday night mini-festival with a range of activities from talks to fortune telling to making 3-D postcards from 1890s Egypt and a 1880s to 1920s disco with themed food and drink to buy ….

Vintage Disco
Led by our very own Miss Bibi Synthe, a Lady Victorian Explorer and Artiste who will take you through the steps and moves to the tunes of the 1880s to the 1940s, such as He is an Englishman, Oriental Strut, I’m a Mummy – An Old Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra has a Jazz Band and Egyptian Fantasy curated by Miss Amara Thornton.

Consult the Ancient Oracle – Tarot Reading with Renuka
Legend has it that tarot cards came to Europe from Ancient Egypt, a repository of ancient wisdom to guide us through life. Renuka reads this wisdom in the guise of a Victorian fortune teller, using her extensive knowledge of the cards with insight and humour.

Map Fantastical Egypt
What does fantastical Egypt in London look like? Are there portals to the past? Do you have a story about a place in London where worlds collide? Obelisks on the Thames, Anubis in Hampstead, Sphinxes in Sydenham. . .

Explore our Cabinet of Curiosities
Look though our stereoscope to see 3-D slides from 'Egypt Through The Stereoscope’ (1905). Spin the zoetrope to see the figures from ancient hieroglyphics brought to life. View the panorama to take a modern virtual tour of the Nile and its street view influences in London.

Esoteric Egypt in London
Come and hear from Professor Roger Luckhurst (author of The Mummy’s Curse. A True Story of a Dark Fantasy) on occult mappings of London.