Description
In this issue:
– From our Egypt Correspondent – Ayman Wahby Taher with the latest news from Egypt – new discoveries and reports from Taposiris Magna, Saqqara and Luxor.
– Pharaoh’s Gold – Geologist and Egyptologist, Colin Reader, looks at the ancient Egyptian methods of finding and mining gold.
– A Tale of Two Heads … finds out how and why two heads of statues of Amenhotep III in the British Museum have been replicated, in order to send copies back to Egypt.
– The Use of Leopard Skin in Ancient Egypt – Magda van Ryneveld describes the use of the pelt from leopards, which adorned the priests, nobility and kings of Egypt.
– Tutankhamun’s Murder: Case Reopened? – Dr. David Counsell examines the known evidence and concludes that still more tests and studies are needed before the case for murder can be dismissed.
– Per Mesut: for younger readers – Hilary Wilson looks at Hawk Gods.
– The Amarna Project – Barry Kemp, in the fifth of a series of articles, asks if the cult of the Aten was a religion for all.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Oct / Nov 2008, Volume 9 Issue 2