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From the Editor Editorial comment from Peter Phillips. Egyptological News Summarised by Sarah Griffiths. The Ibis in Ancient Egyptian Art Brought to life by Magda van Ryneveld. The Mysteries of Nefertiti In the first of two articles, Aidan Dodson reveals what we really know about her. Writing in Ancient Egypt Massimiliano Pinarello challenges the ‘pseudo-Victorian’ idea that the ability to write was restricted to an élite scribal class. Pseudo-mummies, Fake Mummies and Bodies Delivered in ‘Kit Form’ Amandine Marshall looks at the doubtful practices of ancient Egyptian embalmers. Per Mesut: for Younger Readers Hilary Wilson celebrates donkeys, which have been essential beasts of burden in Egypt since earliest times. Re-investigating the ‘Two Brothers’ DNA-testing has proved that these famous Manchester Museum mummies had the same mother, but different fathers. Campbell Price gives his view of the significance of this fact. Nomes and the Cult of the King In the third part of his study, Andrew Fulton investigates the development of nomes. Early Photography in Egypt Anne Midgeley shares some of her collection.
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INSIDE THE STEP PYRAMID OF DJOSER
Sean McLachlan explores the recently reopened interior of this iconic Third Dynasty Saqqara monument.
PER MESUT: for younger readers
She Who Loves Silence
Highlights of the Manchester Museum 29: An Offering by Queen Tiye for her Husband
Campbell Price describes an offering table with a touching significance.
Highlights Of The Manchester Museum 28: Busts Of Jesse And Marianne Haworth
Campbell Price describes the significance of two statue busts on display in the Museum.
TAKABUTI, the Belfast Mummy
Rosalie David and Eileen Murphy explain how scientific examination of the ‘Belfast Mummy’ is revealing much new information about her life and times.
Lost Golden City
An Egyptian Mission searching for the mortuary temple of Tutankhamun has discovered a settlement – “The Dazzling of Aten” – described as the largest city ever found in Egypt (see above). Finds bearing the cartouches of Amenhotep III (see opposite, top) date the settlement to his reign, c. 1390-1352 BC – making it about 3400 years old.
Jerusalem's Survival, Sennacharib's Departure and the Kushite Role in 701 BCE: An Examination of Henry Aubin's Rescue of Jerusalem
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Golden Mummies of Egypt: Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period by Campbell Price
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Old And New Kingdom Discoveries At Saqqara
An Egyptian team working on a Sixth Dynasty pyramid complex near the Teti pyramid at Saqqara has made a series of important discoveries.
Map Of Egypt
What’s in a name? It is easy for us to forget that the names we associate with the pyramids – such as the Meidum Pyramid, the Bent Pyramid or the Black Pyramid – would have been meaningless to their builders.