Description
In this issue:
– From our Egypt Correspondent – Ayman Wahby Taher, with the latest news from around Egypt, including the cleaning of the ceiling , and discoveries at Karnak.
– The funerary goods of Henutmer – Ingeborg Waanders lists the few known objects from this Theban burial, now scattered in museums and private collections world-wide.
– Tutankhamun in London and Vienna – AE looks at a few of the objects now on display in the two different Tutankhamun-related exhibitions.
– The Amarna Project – Barry Kemp describes the people of Amarna in the second of a series of articles on work at Amarna, the city of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
– A Kushite Statue in Southampton – Hilary Wilson tells how an important statue was discovered in a museum store room; Mark Walker investigates its possible connection with Gordon of Khaertoum.
– The Search for Imhotep – Ian Mathieson describes how the latest technology has revealed areas at Saqqara where the Tomb of Imhotep might possibly be found.
– Howard Carter’s Bird Paintings – revealed by Jaromir Malek.
– Revealing the Secrets of Mummies – Vicky Gashe reveals how science is helping us to understand how people lived in ancient Eypt.
– Per Mesut: For younger readers – This issue Hilary Wilson looks at ladders.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Apr / May 2008, Volume 8 Issue 5