Description
In this issue:
– Featured Pharaoh: Neferhotep I – Following the recent discovery of a statue of Neferhotep I at Karnak, Wolfram Grajetzki examines the reign of this little-known ruler.
– The Friends of Nekhen – The first of AE’s regular articles in support of excavations at Hierakonpolis. This report covers Pre-dynastic houses and temples.
– Past Articles and News Revisited –Â AEÂ looks again at some of the articles from recent issues, with updates covering the latest news and developments.
– Ancient Egypt in Madrid – Cathy Brian reviews the Egyptian collection in the National Archaeological Museum and a complete Nubian Temple, both in the Spanish capital.
– Ancient Egypt on the Small Screen – A review of recent British TV programmes about ancient Egypt.
– Granite? Gneiss? Greywacke? … What stone is that? – Geologist Birgit Schoer identifies some of the types of rock used in Egyptian sculpture and building.
– Archive Image: Egypt Then and Now – The Colossi of Memnon in the last inundation of the Nile.
– The Cleaning of “Cleopatra’s Needle” in London – A report on the cleaning and current condition of the obelisk of Thutmose III, written by Iain McLean, the Director of the specialist cleaning company, Antique Bronze Ltd.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Feb / Mar 2006, Volume 6 Issue 4