Description
In this issue:
– Highlights of the Manchester Museum: No. 8 – Campbell Price chooses an unusual and very fine two-sided Fayum mummy portait.
– Excavating a Tomb on Sai Island – The excavation of the Nubian tomb of a Master of Gold-workers is described by Julia Budka.
– The Sky at Night – Bert Bastijns interprets the celestial diagrams found in New Kingdom tombs.
– Photographing Tutankhamun – Christina Riggs describes the work of Harry Burton as highlighted in a new exhibition in Lincolnshire.
– Saqqara before the Step Pyramid – Colin Reader reveals the importance of the Abusir Wadi in the Early Dynastic Period.
– The Ptolemies – In the fifth of her series on the House of Ptolemy, Sarah Griffiths looks at the Decline of Egypt under ‘Chickpea’ and ‘Flute-Player’.
– The French House Inside Luxor Temple – -Sylvie Weens describes the history of a once-famous Luxor landmark.
–Â Per Mesut:Â for Younger Readers – Hilary Wilson provides recipes for ancient Egyptian Sweet Things.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Dec 2017 / Jan 2018, Volume 18 Issue 3