The new director of the EES, Dr Cedric Gobeil announces our celebration of 135 years of the EES working in Egypt, and describes how the EES was set up as a fund to help support work in the Delta. Cedric has given thanks to the British Academy who support the Delta Survey, and to the Bibliotheca for our first workshop in Alexandria; and acknowledged the setting up of the Delta Survey and organisation of the workshops by Patricia and Jeffrey Spencer, and the recent passing of its organisation over to Penny Wilson.