Highlights:

• From our Egypt Correspondent - Ayman Wahby Taher with the latest news from Egypt, including changes in the Luxor Museum and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
• Don’t forget to pack the Piano! - AE looks at how the early visitors to Egypt travelled the river Nile in style, on board sailing boats known as dahabeeyahs, and how you can still do so today.
• A Woman of the Gilf - Janet Robinson travels to the Gilf Kebir in the south of Egypt and visits a newly-discovered cave full of ancient rock art.
• A Tomb with Latitude? - John Wall asks if the ancient Egyptians knew the size of the earth and sited their buildings accordingly (and gives us his answer).
• Egypt and the Bible - The ancient history of Egypt and the Holy Land are closely intertwined. Michael Tunnicliffe looks to see if there is archaeological proof for Biblical events
• A figure from the Rider Haggard Collection - Fiona Sheales re-discovers a forgotten wooden figure that once belonged to the great writer.
• Inspired by Egypt - Painting like an Egyptian, by Tony North.
• The Ancient Stones Speak - Pam Scott explains how to read royal names, in the second of her articles on Hieroglyphs
• The Dakhleh Oasis Project - In the first in a series of articles, Professor Anthony Mills introduces the Oasis and the work of the Dakhleh Oasis Project.
• Per Mesut: For younger readers - This issue Hilary Wilson looks at scarabs.