•The top part of a large statue of Ramesses II has been unearthed by an Egyptian-American team at the site of Hermopolis (Ashmunein), 96 years after the lower portion was discovered by German archaeologist Günther Roeder.
•The Museo Egizio, Turin, has opened a new permanent roof garden exhibition featuring recreations of Egyptian kitchen and funerary gardens.
•The University of Sydney Museum is removing most of its mummified body parts from display, and will no longer use the word ‘mummy’ which they perceive to be a colonial term.
•As we go to press, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, the world’s oldest Christian book (written in Coptic on papyrus), is due to be sold at auction. Dating to between AD 250 and 350, the Codex is estimated to fetch £2-3 million.
