Highlights:

• News from Egypt - The latest news from Luxor, Aswan, the Fayum, the Delta and Cairo brought to you by Ayman Wahby Taher, our Egypt Correspondent; and news of the work of Chicago House in Luxor from its Director, W. Raymond Johnson.
• The Missing Link - Mike Neilson reveals how a fragment of a statue from Saqqara has helped to identify a well-known statue in the British Museum.
• Into Egypt’s Eastern Desert -Continuing an exploration of the geology and antiquities of Egypt’s Eastern Desert by Colin Reader.
• Investigating Early Mummification - Vicky Gashe describes her work on the origins of mummification in Egypt
• The Cult of the Apis Bull - The worship of the Apis Bull was one of the longest-lasting cults of the Egyptian Pantheon, as Maxwell Stocker explains.
• The Belly of Stones - Betty Winkelman looks at the great Middle Kingdom fortresses in Nubia, now lost beneath the waters of Lake Nasser.
• Featured Pharaoh: Senusret III - AE looks at the reign of this Middle Kingdom king.
• Per Mesut: for younger readers - Ancient Egyptian Flowers, by Hilary Wilson.
• Architectural Gems: The “Pharaoh’s Bed” at Philae.