Ancient Egypt 117

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In this issue:

– Lady in Pink – Jan van Daal and Branko van Oppen de Ruiter examine the mummy portrait of a young woman in a pink tunic and try to date it.
– Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh – Sarah Griffiths reviews the London exhibition and interviews its curator and the Egyptian Minister for Antiquities
– Tutankamun: Enter The Tomb – Joel Newton and Chadwick Turner describe how they developed a VR tour of KV62.
– Highlights of Manchester Museum: 20 – Campbell Price thinks that a stela from Abydos might once have depicted Tutankhamun.
– A Load of Old Bull: the Serapeum of Saqqara – Part 1 – Aidan Dodson explores the the early history of this iconic monument.
– Naukratis: ‘the Shanghai of Ancient Egypt’ Roger Forshaw makes the comparison.
– The Tomb of Khentkawes at Giza – Neither mastaba nor pyramid – Geoffrey Lenox-Smith describes the monument.
– Per Mesut: for Younger Readers – Hilary Wilson looks at the different types of writing in ancient Egypt.

Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!

Cover Date: Dec 2019 / Jan 2020, Volume 20 Issue 3