Description
In this issue:
– Gebel el-Silsila Through The Ages – In the third part of their series, John Ward and Maria Nilsson look at the way the site developed in the Thutmosid period.
– The Mallawi Museum – Geoffrey Lenox-Smith visits a museum that was looted in 2013 and finds that most of its collection has been recovered and restored.
– Bad Breath and Broken Hearts – Coronary heart disease in ancient Egyptians was not caused by a rich diet, but as a side effect of other ailments, according to Simon Nicholson
– Highlights of Manchester Museum: 18 Campbell Price uses non-destructive techniques to examine the Twenty-second Dynasty mummy and coffin of Perenbast.
– The Mummy-Cartonnage of Amunrenef Myriam Seco Álvarez and Javier Martínez Babón describe a magnificent artefact discovered by them in Thutmose III’s Mortuary Temple in Luxor.
– Israel and the Merneptah Stela – Kim Masters examines the meaning and significance to the peoples of ancient Egypt and Caanan of the famous Victory Stela.
– Per Mesut: for Younger Readers Hilary Wilson looks at the cultivation of the mainly vegetarian diet of most ancient Egyptians in The Vegetable Garden.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Aug / Sep 2019, Volume 20 Issue 1