Description
In this issue:
– Statues of Akhenaten – AE looks at the many enigmatic colossal statues of Akhenaten surviving from his temple to the Aten at Karnak.
– Ancient Egyptian Technology – In his third and final article on ancient technology, Denys Stocks shows how the ancient Egyptians had mass-production techniques for cutting and carving the hardest of stones.
– Queen Tiye – Marshall Hindley recounts the life and times of the Great Royal Wife of King Amenhotep III.
– New views of Luxor temple – AE reports on the recent civil engineering works,new excavations and conservation work at Luxor.
– Anticipating Tutankhamun – An update on information about the forthcoming “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” Exhibition in London later this year.
– From our Egypt Correspondent – Ayman Wahby Taher with the latest news from around Egypt, including exciting discoveries in and around the temples of Karnak.
– The Dakhleh Oasis Project – In the fourth of a series of articles on the Project, Dr. Colin Hope tells readers about the Roman Period village of Kellis, located at the heart of the Oasis.
– Per Mesut: For younger readers – This issue Hilary Wilson looks at ancient Egyptian picnics.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Aug / Sep 2007, Volume 8 Issue 1