Culture
Ancient Egypt
INSIDE THE STEP PYRAMID OF DJOSER
Sean McLachlan explores the recently reopened interior of this iconic Third Dynasty Saqqara monument.
2 min |
July/ August 2021
Ancient Egypt
PER MESUT: for younger readers
She Who Loves Silence
4 min |
July/ August 2021
Ancient Egypt
Highlights of the Manchester Museum 29: An Offering by Queen Tiye for her Husband
Campbell Price describes an offering table with a touching significance.
2 min |
July/ August 2021
Ancient Egypt
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.
2 min |
May / June 2021
Ancient Egypt
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.
9 min |
May / June 2021
Ancient Egypt
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.
2 min |
May / June 2021
Ancient Egypt
Jerusalem's Survival, Sennacharib's Departure and the Kushite Role in 701 BCE: An Examination of Henry Aubin's Rescue of Jerusalem
BOOK REVIEWS
2 min |
May / June 2021
Ancient Egypt
Golden Mummies of Egypt: Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period by Campbell Price
BOOK REVIEWS
2 min |
May / June 2021
Ancient Egypt
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.
1 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
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.
3 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
A Boat And Horse In The Desert
Barbara Tratsaert investigates two interesting finds at the Wadi Bakariya gold mining settlement in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
7 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
The Ancient Names Of The Pyramids
We know Egypt’s pyramids by names such as the ‘Bent Pyramid’, ‘Red Pyramid’ and ‘Meidum Pyramid’ but their ancient names are far more poetic, as revealed by Andrew Fulton.
10 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
Egypt And The Kingdom Of Kush
in the first of a series of articles on ancient Nubia, Stanley M. Burstein outlines the history of Egypt’s southern neighbour and the relationship between the two countries throughout the pharaonic period.
9 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
Per Mesut: For Younger Readers: Women And Marriage
Wisdom Literature provided advice on how to live life well, beginning with the foundation of a household.
5 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
THE OSIRION AT ABYDOS
Geoffrey Lenox-Smith investigates the enigmatic cenotaph built for King Sety I.
8 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
GEBEL EL-SILSILA THROUGHOUT THE AGES:PART 7 – LATE PERIOD TO GRAECO-ROMAN ERA
Continuing their chronological survey, Maria Nilsson and John Ward now focus on Gebel el-Silsila in the post-Ramesside era.
10+ min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
Highlights of the Manchester Museum 27: A Faience Bowl from Gurob
Campbell Price describes an object in Manchester Museum’s collection depicting an everyday scene that can still be witnessed today in Egypt.
2 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
ASWAN DISCOVERIES
An Egyptian mission in Aswan has uncovered the remains of a Ptolemaic temple, a Roman fort and an early Coptic church (see oveleaf, top left).
1 min |
March / April 2021
Ancient Egypt
Crowning Glories: Women's Hairstyles
Per meset for young readers
4 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
THREE MIDDLE KINGDOM TOMBS IN THUTMOSE III'S TEMPLE OF MILLIONS OF YEARS
Myriam Seco Álvarez and Javier Martínez Babón return with more exciting finds from their work at this important archaeological site in Luxor.
7 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
THE “SHISHAK” ATTACK
James Bowden reassesses the Libyan pharaoh Sheshonq I’s attack on Israel and its importance to Egyptian history.
6 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
The Catacombs of Anubis at North Saqqara: A Subterranean World of Canids
Paul T. Nicholson explores the labyrinthine burial site for millions of dog mummies.
10 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
THE BIG, THE BIZARRE AND THE BEAUTIFUL
John Wyatt, Maria Nilsson and John Ward present the last instalment of their report revealing the bird species discovered at ancient Gebel el-Silsila.
9 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
MORE SAQQARA DISCOVERIES
Following the discovery of 59 painted wooden Late Period coffins reported in AE122, the Egyptian team at Saqqara has now revealed another hundred intact painted wooden coffins (below and opposite) in three 10 to 12 metre-deep burial shafts.
1 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
GLORIOUS EGYPT IN FINLAND
Continuing our series on international Egyptology exhibitions, Tuuli Turtola explores an exhibition at the new Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki.
1 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
ESNA RELIEFS REVEALED
Restoration work by a German-Egyptian team has revealed the original colours of the reliefs at the Temple of Esna (opposite, top).
1 min |
January / February 2021
Ancient Egypt
Per Mesut: For Younger Readers
Gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrr
4 min |
November / December 2020
Ancient Egypt
The Last Wealthy City Of The Delta
Ayman Wahby and Said Eltalhawy describe their recent excavations at Tell Tebilla, one of the most important cities in the Delta during the first millennium BC.
7 min |
November / December 2020
Ancient Egypt
Eight Masterpieces Of Ancient Egyptian Jewellery
Nigel Fletcher-Jones showcases some of the most stunning pieces created by ancient Egypt’s master craftsmen.
9 min |
November / December 2020
Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh, Osiris and the Mummy
The Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence in southern France, is renown for its collection of paintings from masters such as Cézanne, Ingres and Van Gogh, and is named after the French painter François-Marius Granet, one of the museum’s major benefactors.
1 min |