Highlights:

• The Principles of Apotropaic Magic on Middle Kingdom Wands - Fred Vink investigates a weapon against evil.
• Highlights of Manchester Museum: 2 - Campbell Price describes a ‘magical’ figurine.
• The Shipwrecked Sailor - The third of a series of articles on myths and tales from ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley.
• On Reading Names and Titles - Hilary Wilson responds to letters in AE98 by exploring some of the inconsistencies and abbreviations in hieroglyphic inscriptions.
• Two Exhibitions in the South of France - Raymond Betz reports on Khaemwaset: the Archaeologist Prince and At the School of Scribes: Writing in Ancient Egypt.
• The Ptolemies: Power Couples, Empire and War with Syria - In the second of a series, Sarah Griffiths describes the dynasty’s golden age.
• The Diadem and Skullcap of the King - Jan Summers (Duffy) examines two artefacts from Tutankhamun’s tomb.
•  Permesut: for Younger Readers - Not all the clothes worn by ancient Egyptians were made of plain white linen – they enjoyed A Splash of Colour says Hilary Wilson.