Description
In this issue:
– The Sarcophagus of Sety I – Geoffrey Lenox-Smith describes the centrepiece of the Sir John Soane Museum.
– The Jews of Alexandria: Part 2 – Michael Tunnicliffe tells of growing anti-Semitism in Graeco-Roman Alexandria.
– The Canaanite Dynasty – Andrew Fulton reveals what we know about the kings of the Fourteenth Dynasty.
– Tutankhamun before Tutankhamun – Barbara Gai explains how the discovery of cache tomb KV54 made it likely that there was a tomb for the pharaoh to be found nearby.
– Highlights of Manchester Museum – Campbell Price describes the restoration of a relief showing a family of archers from Dendera.
– The plundering of Tutankhamun’s tomb – Amandine Marshall reconstructs the way in which two robberies were carried out shortly after the funeral of the young pharaoh.
– 2022: A Year to Remember – Carl Graves and Heba Abd-el-Gawad ask “What is so important about the Rosetta Stone?” and suggest a change of name.
– Per Mesut: for Younger Readers – Hilary Wilson investigates the symbolism of the papyrus plant.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Sep / Oct 2022, Volume 23 Issue 1