Description
In this issue:
– From our Egypt Correspondent – Ayman Wahby Taher, with the latest news from around Egypt – new discoveries and reports from Middle Egypt, Luxor and Cairo.
– More News from Egypt – A report from AE’s Editors with yet more news from Luxor and from the Western Desert Oases.
– The Domain of the Cat-Goddess, Bastet – Daniela Rosenow looks at the substantial remains in and around the Great Temple of Bubastis, sacred to Bastet, in the Delta city that still bears her name, Tell Basta.
– The Gardeners of Amun –Â AEÂ looks at a new exhibition featuring the burial equipment of families of gardeners from Thebes.
– The Amarna Project – Barry Kemp in the fourth of a series of articles on the city, looks at Amarna as a workshop.
– Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharoahs – A photo. report by Nacho Ares and MarÃa Belci on the Vienna exhibition.
– Pharaonic Renaissance – Igor Uranic looks at an exhibition on Late Period art in Zagreb and Budapest.
– Servant of the Deep – Paul Boughton discovers a ushabti figure that survived the sinking of the Titanic.
– Per Mesut: for younger readers – In this edition, Hilary Wilson looks at stools and chairs.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Aug / Sep 2008, Volume 9 Issue 1