Description
In this issue:
– Famine in Ancient Egypt – Even in fertile Egypt, starvation sometimes threatened, as Joseph L. Thimes explains.
– A Tale of Two Walls – Jun Yi Wong explains the reasons for the boundary walls of ancient Egyptian temples.
– “I’m Not Pentewere” – Dylan Bikerstaffe challenges the identification of the ‘Screaming Mummy’.
– Cleopatra – In the final part of her series documenting the Ptolemaic dynasty, Sarah Griffiths looks at the reign and legacy of Cleopatra VII.
– Highlights of Manchester Museum: 11 – Campbell Price describes a kneeling statue of Hor-Psamtek.
– Papyrus for the People – A project to make parts of the Petrie Museum’s collection more accessible to the general public is described by Louise Bascombe, Anna Garnett and Maria Ragan.
– The Mysteries of Nefertiti: Part 2 – Aidan Dodson tracks Nefertiti’s rise from Akhenaten’s consort to Pharaoh of Egypt.
– Per Mesut: for Younger Readers – Hilary Wilson studies the School Reports of ancient Egyptian children.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Jun / Jul 2018, Volume 18 Issue 6