Ancient Egypt Magazine 154
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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
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Tutankhamun’s canopic coffin
A detailed look at one of four coffinettes which held the king’s mummified organs.
First ever ancient DNA extracted from canopic jars
The team analysed the contents of 90 jars from eight European museums
A Late Period cartonnage from Lahun
In each issue of Ancient Egypt magazine, Dr Campbell Price describes a key artefact from Egyptology collections around the world. His choice for AE 134 is from the internationally important collection at the Manchester Museum.
New discoveries at Roman Period Temple of Esna
An Egyptian team has discovered a cache containing a number of coins from different historical eras
Warrior Tutankhamun: fragile pharaoh no more
In this special anniversary issue celebrating a hundred years since the discovery of KV62, we begin with new evidence that Bob Brier believes will change how we view Egypt’s most famous pharaoh.
In Carter’s footsteps: a legacy in epigraphy
Tutankhamun and Howard Carter: two men whose lives are separated by more than three thousand years, but now and forever intertwined in the annals of history. The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in November 1922 would seal the fate of both men and have long-lasting implications for the study and popularity of ancient Egypt. But Carter’s contribution to Egyptology goes much further than his leading role in the world’s most famous archaeological discovery, as Carl Graves reports.
The First Resurrection of Tutankhamun
Continuing our 100th anniversary celebration of the finding of the tomb of Tutankhamun, Aidan Dodson looks at the ‘prehistory’ of the king, and how early scholars pieced together the evidence for this obscure king prior to the discovery of his tomb in 1922.
The Complete Tutankhamun: 100 Years of Discovery
by Nicholas Reeves.Thames & Hudson, 2022ISBN 978-0-5000-5216-7Hardback, £40. Who does not have a copy of the 1990 The Complete Tutankhamun on their bookshelves? This new, expanded, centenary edition follows the same format,
Milestones in Egyptology: the discovery and clearance of KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun
Howard Carter’s long search in the Valley of the Kings is rewarded.
Tutankhamun before Tutankhamun
Barbara Gai recounts the discovery of the Embalming Cache KV54 and its astonishing contents.
The tomb of Maiherpri
Dylan Bickerstaffe investigates the discovery and documentation of Tomb KV36 and assesses what we now know about “The Lion of the Battlefield”.
Highlights of the Manchester Museum: a stela of the Overseer of Works, Mery-Ra
For this issue, Campbell Price choses a small stela in Manchester’s collection that commemorates the official responsible for the creation of a famous statue.
Reasons for retesting the Tutankhamun family DNA
Joseph L. Thimes reassesses the 2010 genetic testing of the royal mummies and proposes a new set of tests to build a more accurate Amarna family tree.
Ramesses II Ka statue found in Giza
Measuring 105cm high, this is the first granite Ka statue to be discovered.
Mummified cat
What is it? This small wooden coffin contains the mummified remains of a cat and dates to the Ptolemaic period of Ancient Egypt, c.305-30 BC. Animals were highly honoured throughout Egyptian history.