Description
In this issue:
– From the Editors – Egyptological news from Egypt and elsewhere.
– Ancient Egypt in Your Home – The late Editor of AE, Bob Partridge, explains his passion for collecting replicas of ancient Egyptian artifacts.
– Speak My Name: – Politics and Damnatio Memoriae – In the second of his two articles, Andrew Fulton explains how pharaohs’ names were used and abused by their descendants.
– Ancient Egypt in Rome – Mark Walker explores Italy’s capital and finds ancient Egyptian obelisks in the city’s squares, ancient Egyptian statues in the Vatican Museums and film-sets of ancient Egyptian cities in Cinecitta.
– The Ancient Egyptian Legal System – “Legal systems and customs have functioned as central features of societies throughout recorded history”, says Max Stocker. What did law mean to the ancient Egyptian?
– Per Mesut: for Younger Readers – In this issue, Hilary Wilson looks at what Doors – Real and Imagined meant to the ancient Egyptians.
– When and Why was the Great Sphinx Made? – The origins and date of this mysterious monument at Giza are still hotly debated by Egyptologists. Peter Lacovara gives readers his opinions on the subject
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Apr / May 2014, Volume 14 Issue 5