Description
In this issue:
– Tales of Antiquities at the Luxor Hotel – Sylvie Weens traces the source and fate of some important statuary that once could be seen in the garden of Luxor’s first hotel.
– Highlights of Manchester Museum: 15 – Campbell Price describes a face-mask, found at Kahun, that was worn in life.
– Egypt in Cuba – The Egyptian collection of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana is described by Mila Álvarez Sosa and Irene Morfini.
– Name and Title Scarabs – In the first of a two-part series, Fred Vink explores an important source of information about the late Middle Kingdom.
– The Pharaoh’s Treaure: When Papyrus Ruled the World – John Gaudet praises a plant that brought wealth to ancient Egypt by providing the world with writing-paper for four thousand years.
– The Opet Festival, Linguistic Confusion and Temple Names – Andrew Fulton discusses an important annual procession in ancient Egypt and its relationship to the names of the temples it visited.
– Per Mesut: for Younger Readers – Hilary Wilson describes “Feathers in Their Hair” – the different feathered crowns seen on ancient Egypt’s gods, kings and queens.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Feb / Mar 2019, Volume 19 Issue 4