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Rome in Egypt Part 2 - Andrew Fulton explores Egyptian life during the reigns of Vespasian to Trajan. 2022: A Year to Remember - To celebrate the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, Carl Graves and Fatma Keshk begin a series of articles describing the development of UK Egyptology. Highlights of Manchester Museum: Campbell Price describes a shabti from ancient Sudan. Hunting in Ancient Egypt - Joseph L. Thimes describes this elite pastime popular in both life and the afterlife. A Decade of Loving Kheny - Maria Nilsson and John Ward celebrate ten years of the Gebel el-Silsila Project with a personal account of their discoveries and how their work has changed our perception of this quarry site. Tombs of the Viziers - Were there recurring patterns in the burials of viziers in New Kingdom Thebes? Katherine Slinger examines the evidence. Per Mesut: for Younger Readers - Hilar y Wilson asks “How long is a piece of string?” in ancient Egypt, looking at the ways measurements were made.
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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.