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Ancient Egypt April listings
A BESTIARY OF ANCIENT NUBIA A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia reveals the animal world of ancient Nubia from the A-Group culture to the medieval period, including lions, crocodiles, birds, cattle, and insects
Win a copy of Rewriting the History of the Great Sphinx by Colin D Reader
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Animal mummy discoveries
Researchers at the British Museum have used a new technology called neutron tomography to reveal the contents of six votive animal coffins, made of copper alloy, without having to open them. The
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Ivory label of King Den: From the William MacGregor Collection
Dr Campbell Price examines a tiny artefact in the British Museum
that names one of Egypt’s earliest pharaohs.
Ancient Egypt June listings
EGYPTIAN MUMMIES: EXPLORING ANCIENT LIVES An international touring exhibition exploring the hidden history behind six ancient Egyptian mummies from the British Museum, as revealed by state-of-the-art, non-invasive technology. Caixa Forum, Sevilla, Torre
Saints or Sinners? Scandals among the servants of God
Roger Forshaw explores the transgressions of the ancient Egyptian priesthood.
The Discovery of the Serapeum of Saqqara
Auguste Mariette uncovers the funerary complex of the Apis bulls.
A family of god-kings: divine kingship in the early Nineteenth Dynasty
Peter J Brand begins a new series focusing on the Ramesside Period by exploring the divinity of the early Ramesside kings.
Exploring the Great Pyramid void
The international ScanPyramids team has published a paper revealing more details about one of the voids discovered in the Pyramid of Khufu in 2016/2017 (see ‘News’, AE 93). Several large anomalies were
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Tomb offerings: a wish list for eternity
Ancient Egyptians believed that the foods and goods listed in their tombs would magically become available to them for eternity. Hilary Wilson reports.
Alexandria Antiqua: A topographical Catalogue and Reconstruction
Review by Sarah Griffiths The city of Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great (c.331 BC), was strategically situated on the Mediterranean coast at the junction of three continents, protected by reefs, headlands,
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Ancient Egyptian news in brief: crocodile burials and a counterfeit tomb
A round-up of some of the latest news from the ancient Egyptian world.
Ancient Egyptian Statues: Their Many Lives and Deaths
Review by Campbell Price This finely produced book from AUC Press is written with eloquence by statue scholar and curator Simon Connor. Opening with recent debates about the role and identity of
Roman residential town found close to Luxor Temple
The complex dates to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
Horemkhauef of Hierakonpolis
In the first of an occasional series focusing on remarkable people of their period, Wolfram Grajetzki introduces the ‘First Inspector of the Priests’ at Nekhen during the Second Intermediate Period.
Min: the most popular deity in the Eastern Desert?
Sean Rigby traces the worship of this distinctive-looking ancient Egyptian god.
The Archaeology of Egyptian Non-Royal Burial Customs in New Kingdom Egypt and Its Empire
Review by Anna Garnett Traditional Egyptological narratives often placed Egypt at the centre, to the detriment of neighbouring cultures, with the result that our understanding of the complexities of those cultures can