Description
In this issue:
– Slander in the Museum
– John J. Taylor recounts how the calm of the British Museum was shattered when Wallis Budge was taken to court by Hormuzd Rassam.
– Serabit el-Khadim
– Betty Winkelman explores the site in the Sinai the Egyptians called ‘the turquoise mountain’.
– I, Ushabti: “I shall do it, here I am”
– Jan Summers Duffy explores the history of these ubiquitous artifacts.
– Unwrapping the Identity of the Macclesfield Mummy
– Bryony Renshaw investigates the life and times of Shebmut, ‘Singer in the Interior of Amun’
– Highlights of the Manchester Museum: No. 7
– Campbell Price chooses a bronze statuette that represents the Apis bull.
– Per Mesut: for Younger Readers
– Hilary Wilson looks at Busy Bees.
– Excavating at the Ramesseum
– Amandine Marshall summarises the history of the temple as revealed by the work of the French Archaeological Mission of Thebes.
– The Nome Symbols of Egypt
– In the second part of his exploration into the origins of nomes, Andrew Fulton looks at the meaning and significance of their names.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Oct / Nov 2017, Volume 18 Issue 2