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Our Ancient World in London series consists of events in London, virtual quests and online events. Our first-ever lecture series started yesterday with famed astronomy writer Paul Murdin. Paul started the lecture based on his latest book Secrets of The Universe, which explains how man has discovered the cosmos: it's is a very popular topic which interests many of us in all levels.

Another exciting CRE conference is about to begin today, as I write this, this time and for the first time ever in Leiden, The Netherlands. Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) has always happened in The UK but, last time, at Liverpool, no one from UK universities wanted it, so our beloved colleagues from Leiden applied and won!

CRE is the best way to show your work, explain your research, collect contacts from all over the world and get access to books that don't exist in your country either by buying them at sale prices or by browsing the nicest libraries in the UK and now Leiden.

Cyprus – that great crossroads of the ancient world – is going to be the focus of a special event happening this Sunday at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto Canada.

Five archaeologists will give talks about their research and how it is changing our understanding of the island. Heritage Key will be at the event and will publish reports.

Cyprus was truly a crossroads of the ancient world. Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Romans and the Sea People all left their mark on the island. They did it by way of trade, migration, settlement and conquest.

Thirty years in the making, the €130 million euro New Acropolis Museum is a stunning, if controversial, addition to Athen's famous architectural landscape and at the same time a provocative statement of intent by the Greek people.  In a fascinating talk in Dublin last night, Professor Dimitrios Pandermalis, President of the new museum took an enthralled audience on a tour of the history, architecture and intentions of the spectacular building.

Tonight at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, Director of the New Acropolis Museum Dimitrios Pandermalis will hold a what promises to be a fascinating lecture. 'Collections present and absent at the New Acropolis Museum, Athens' will no doubt touch on the 'missing marbles', the Parthenon Friezes currently held in the British Museum. Will Pandermalis launch another call for their return? Brian Dolan will be there to find out for Heritage Key. (update: the lecture) The lecture is organised by the IMA - Irish Museums Association - and will start at 18h30.

We are just one week away from King Tut’s stop at the Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto Canada.

The Canadian exhibition will feature artefacts from the Tutankhamun’s reign – including the largest statue of King Tut ever found. The exhibit aims to go beyond Tut and give viewers a look at what Egypt was like during the Amarna period.

On November 20, Heritage Key will be at at the media preview of the King Tut exhibit. We will be publishing a full write-up before it opens on November 24.

In conjunction with the Tut exhibit, the art gallery will be holding a lecture series that will add some context to the show. The highlight of the lecture series is Zahi Hawass!