Description
In this issue:
– Editorial and News from Amarna – Egyptological news including the latest Amarna report from Barry Kemp and Anna Stevens.
– The Battle of Qadesh: Historical Truth or Royal Propaganda? … asks Diana Liesegang.
– Rameses the Great – the Father of Public Relations – Kristian Bonnici argues the case.
– The Making of Description de l’Égypte – W. Benson Harer Jr. tells how Napoleon invented Egyptology with the “mother of all coffee-table books”.
– Three Wines for Tutankhamun’s Transfiguration – Maria Rosa Guasch Jané explores the significance of three wine jars in the king’s tomb.
– ‘Ice Age’ Art at Qurta – Dirk Huyge describes how the oldest rock engravings in North Africa were dated.
– Images of Women from Deir el-Medina – Joanne Backhouse examines ostraca and figurines depicting the women of the village.
– Tutankhamun: Life after Death – Joyce Tyldesley considers the modern legend of Tutankhamun’s Curse.
– Per Mesut: for Younger Readers – Hilary Wilson tells us about stone beads.
– Third Dynasty Head Discovered – Dirk Huyge reports an important find in the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Apr / May 2013, Volume 13 Issue 5