Description
In this issue:
– Ancient Egyptian Wine – New investigations on the residue in wine jars found in the Tomb of Tutankhamun have revealed some of the the ancient vintner’s secrets. Maria Gausch Jane investigates.
– Belzoni’s Sarcophagi – Explorer and adventurer Giovanni Belzoni was an avid collector of Egyptian Antiquities at the beginning of the nineteenth century; size was no object! Dylan Bickerstaffe investigates.
– Friends of Nekhen News – Renée Friedman reports on the work to conserve one of the largest and oldest mud-brick buildings from ancient Egypt to survive at Hierakonpolis.
– The New Tomb in the Valley of the Kings – An update from Roxanne Wilson, a member of the excavation team, on the recent discovery and the progress made in clearing the small chamber.
– Ancient Egypt in Zagreb – Mladen Tomorad and Igor Uranic tell readers about the collections of the Archaeological Museum of Zagreb in Croatia.
– Visiting Middle Egypt – AE reader Anne Eglintine tells how a she arranged to visit Amarna and other Middle Egyptian sites by travelling from Luxor independently.
– Byzantine Egypt – Sean McLachlan tells how ancient Egyptian ideas are reflected in early Christianity in Egypt, which was a melting-pot of ideas and beliefs in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Jun / Jul 2006, Volume 6 Issue 6