Description
In this issue:
– From our Egypt Correspondent – Ayman Wahby Taher with the latest news from Egypt, including the moving of the Rameses II statue.
– The Writing is on the Wall … but should it be? AE reveals the growing problem of modern graffiti at some of the most important archeological sites in Egypt.
– Photo Feature: more on the Imhotep Museum at Saqqara – AE presents unique photographs of some of the stunning exhibits at the new museum at Saqqara.
– Dying to be Egyptian – Elisabeth Kerner looks at some of the lesser-known cemeteries in London, with their “Egyptianising” architecture.
– The Tomb of Harwa at Thebes – Chris Naunton writes about the excavations and finds in one of the largest private tombs (dating to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty) in the Theban Necropolis.
– Ancient Egyptian Technology – Denys Stocks, in the first of three articles, reveals how the ancient Egyptians cut and carved the hardest of stones for their monuments and statues.
– Mary Chubb: Writer and Archaeologist – A brief biography by Elizabeth Griesman.
– Per Mesut: For younger readers – This issue Hilary Wilson looks at baskets..
– Friends of Nekhen News – Renée Friedman looks at the many and varied finds from the ancient city of Hierakonpolis and what they reveal about the inhabitants.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Dec 2006 / Jan 2007, Volume 7 Issue 3