Description
In this issue:
– Anticipating Tutankhamun – An update on information about the forthcoming “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” Exhibition in London later in the year.
– Cairo a Century Ago – Sigrid M. van Roode looks at how the city of Cairo became oriented towards Europe in the nineteenth century, and at surviving buildings from that time.
– The Great Royal Wives from Akhmim – Marta Farrugia and Anton Mifsud ask how a small town in Middle Egypt produced some of the greatest Great Royal Wives of the New Kingdom.
– The Ancient Stones Speak: Part Three – Pam Scott, in her third and final article on hieroglyphs, explains how to read inscriptions found on funerary objects.
– A Woman of Old Akhmim – Jonathan Elias, Carter Lupton and Heather Gill-Robinson investigate a mummy from Akhmim.
– A Visit to Serabit el Khadim – Stewart White visits an important site in the Sinai Peninsula, sacred to the goddess Hathor.
– From our Egypt Correspondent – Ayman Wahby Taher with the latest news from around Egypt, including exciting discoveries in the necropolis of Saqqara.
– The Dakhleh Oasis Project – In the third of a series of articles on the Project, Jennifer Smith shows how the geology of the Oasis reflects huge climate changes over the millennia.
– Per Mesut: For younger readers – This issue Hilary Wilson looks at bread.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Jun / Jul 2007, Volume 7 Issue 6