Description
In this issue:
– From our Egypt Correspondent – Ayman Wahby Taher with the latest new discoveries, news and reports from around Egypt.
– Three Restored Statues in Luxor – AE explains how three historically and artistically important statues of New Kingdom warrior pharaohs were restored for display in the new annex of the Luxor Museum.
– The Egypt’s Sunken Treasures
– Miriam Azahara García reports for AE on the exhibition currently on display in Turin.
– The Coptic Museum in Cairo – Jill Kamil visits the recently-restored museum and describes some of its treasures.
– Pharaoh Hadrian and God Antinous – Dylan Bickerstaffe tells the story of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, his connection with Egypt and the death, in Egypt, of his lover Antinous.
– Bonaparte in Egypt – Cathie Bryan visits a special new exhibition currently showing in Paris.
– The Egypt Exploration Society – In the first of a series of articles on the history and work of the Egypt Exploration Society, Dr. Patricia Spencer looks at the past, present and future work of the Society.
– Per Mesut: for younger readers – Hilary Wilson looks at Beds.
– Obelisks in Exile – AE suggests a solution to the ‘bird problem’ suffered by Cleopatra’s Needle in London.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Feb / Mar 2009, Volume 9 Issue 4