A joint Egyptian-Chinese mission documenting the Temple of Sekhmet at Mit Rahina (ancient Memphis) has uncovered the remains of a mud-brick residential complex in the area surrounding the temple. The team also found a limestone wine press (with grape seeds…
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Roger Forshaw records the life and career of a court official and scribe who was the world’s first recorded dentist.
A new air-purification system has been installed inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu to stabilise humidity levels within the monument and prevent the erosion of the inner walls. The improved air quality will also provide a more comfortable environment for…
REVIEW BY ROGER FORSHAW Michelle Middleman’s new book presents a well-structured and perceptive exploration of how individuals attained administrative positions during Egypt’s early dynastic era. Focusing primarily on tomb biographies from the Sixth Dynasty, Middleman uses these inscriptions as a…
• Amenemhat II: the pharaoh behind the Great Sphinx of Tanis
• Tattooing in the ancient Nile Valley
• Ani’s life after death: Hathor and Opet
• Cleopatra’s children: who survived?
• Egypt in Constantinople: examining the monuments
• Christiane Desroches Noblecourt: a legendary life
• The Nile perch: the ‘King of Fish’
• Travels in an Antique Land: hidden treasures
• Magic and power: the symbolism of hair in ancient Egypt
• Illuminating antiquity: the Pharos lighthouse in Alexandria
• The rediscovery of Thutmose III and Hatshepsut
• Senusret I: the Twelfth Dynasty king who transformed Egypt
• Ani’s life after death: declaration of innocence and weighing the heart
• Robert Talbot Kelly: Egypt – painted and described
• Horned beasts: cattle and cow deities
• Out and about: cycling around Malqata
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The beautifully painted tomb of the Chief Palace Physician Tetinebfu from the Old Kingdom reign of Pepy II (c.2278-2184 BC) has been discovered at Saqqara by a joint French–Swiss mission. The mud-brick-lined mastaba was looted in antiquity, but the walls…
In another area of Saqqara, a joint Egyptian–Japanese mission, led by Kanazawa University, has discovered a further four Old Kingdom tombs. The two mud-brick mastabas and two rock-cut tombs date to the late Second and early Third Dynasties. One of…
An Old Kingdom mastaba tomb with painted decorations has been discovered by a team from the German Archaeological Institute working at Dahshur. Inscriptions name the deceased as Senebnebef, a palace official, and his wife Idut, a priestess of Hathor. The…
Continuing his series of articles about individuals who influenced events in Egypt during their lifetimes, Wolfram Grajetzki now turns his attention to one of the most important members of Amenhotep III’s court in Memphis.
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 technique involved sending beams of neutrons through each…
Auguste Mariette uncovers the funerary complex of the Apis bulls.