Description
In this issue:
– The Efficacy of an Egyptian Contraceptive Containing Crocodile Excrement – Amandine Marshall investigates another strange ancient prescription.
– Sir Peter Le Page Renouf – Channel Islander John J. Taylor tells readers about an Egyptologist born in Guernsey, whose contribution to the subject is often overlooked.
– Tanis: A Photographer’s Paradise – Sharon Janet Hague is inspired by the capital of Third Intermediate Period Egypt.
– A Soul House with a Story to Tell – Rose Smith and Alan Hayward investigate the soul houses in West Park Museum, Macclesfield.
– Old Kingdom Settlement in Nubia – Buhen’s Middle Kingdom fort is well known, but there was an Old Kingdom town there, as Betty Winkelman describes.
– Early Dynastic Period Tomb Security – Reg Clark explains the way in which the evolution of early tomb design was influenced by the need to protect them from robbers.
–Â Per Mesut: for Younger Readers – From earliest times the ancient Egyptians were expert in crafting objects from ebony, says Hilary Wilson.
Plus: News, Reviews, Comment, Diary, and more!
Cover Date: Jun / Jul 2016, Volume 16 Issue 6