The Beautiful Festival of the Western Valley
Katherine Slinger explores one of the most important Theban religious festivals.
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The ladder of life: Ricardo A Caminos
Among Egyptology’s many ‘unsung heroes’, Ricardo A Caminos counts as a modest yet significant figure. Carl Graves takes a look at his often-overlooked achievements, and his longstanding legacy, both within the profession of epigraphic recording, and the history of the Egypt Exploration Society.
Ain Khadra
Amir Ebrahim Elkorashy explores an archaeological landscape around a spring in the Western Desert.
Birthing on the bricks
W Benson Harer Jr proposes a new theory for the use of birthing bricks in ancient Egypt.
Hilary Wilson on… Sandals: status and symbolism
Sandals in ancient Egypt were far more than footwear, as Hilary Wilson explains.
Personal adornment in early Egypt
Barbara Boczar explores the materials used to create objects for personal adornment in Egypt from the prehistoric to the Early Dynastic periods.
Fort Rashid: The find-spot of the Rosetta stone.
Geoffrey Lenox-Smith visits the site where the Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799.
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Medieval death on the Nile
Thomas Smith relates the saga of the remarkable crusade on the Nile that came close to reshaping the Near East.
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The pectoral of Ramesses II, Musée du Louvre
Campbell Price describes a New Kingdom pectoral made of electrum and glass.
Qubbet el-Hawa: The tombs of the nobles
On the West Bank of the Nile, opposite Aswan, is Qubbet el-Hawa, the necropolis of the governors of Elephantine during the Old and Middle Kingdoms. These officials – the guardians of Egypt’s southernmost border – built monumental tomb complexes on…
Trio of tombs at Bahariya Oasis
An Egyptian team working in the Bahariya Oasis have discovered three tombs from different periods at the site of Sheikh Sobi, the necropolis for the priests and governors of the oasis from the Late Period. The first tomb was carved…
Roadside caravanserai in North Sinai
Egyptian excavations at the site of another lost city – ‘Asila’ – in northern Sinai have revealed the remains of an Islamic structure thought to be a caravanserai (roadside inn), on the Darb el-Sultani (‘Sultan’s Road’). Also known as the…
‘Horus Road’ discovery
The archaeological site of Tell Abu Seifi in Qantara East (Ismailia Governorate) – a key site on the military ‘Horus Road’ – could be the location of the lost city of ‘Mesn’ mentioned in New Kingdom sources. An Egyptian mission…
Mit Rahina complex and wine press
A joint Egyptian-Chinese mission documenting the Temple of Sekhmet at Mit Rahina (ancient Memphis) has uncovered the remains of a mud-brick residential complex in the area surrounding the temple. The team also found a limestone wine press (with grape seeds…
Saqqara Old Kingdom tomb discoveries
Two Old Kingdom tombs have recently been discovered at Saqqara by an Egyptian team working at the Bubasteion necropolis, and a Spanish Egyptian team excavating at the ‘Mariette Necropolis’ to the north. The remains of a funerary chapel with a…
Bathing complex found at Tell Nasser
A Roman Period bath complex has been discovered by an Egyptian team working at Tell Nasser in Port Said – the first such structure to be found in the area. The discovery was made during the site’s first excavation season. Cypriot…
Tell el-Yahudiya tombs
An Egyptian mission has uncovered a number of rock-cut tombs at the Tell el-Yahudiya site in Qalyubia Governorate – a rare find in the Eastern Delta, which has predominantly clay soil not suited to rock-cut structures. The tombs date from…
Beheira horse burial
The intact burial of a male horse dating to the New Kingdom has been uncovered by an Egyptian team at Tell el-Abqain in Beheira, within a military fortress on Egypt’s western borders. The burial was associated with a large residential…
Necropolis discovery at Kom el-Khilgan
An Egyptian mission excavating at Kom el-Khilgan in Dakahlia Governorate has uncovered an ancient necropolis with evidence of use from the Predynastic Period through to the Graeco-Roman era. The earliest burials appear to be Maadi-Buto culture (c.4000-3500 BC), and are…
Ancient Egypt news in brief
• An Egyptian mission at the Tell el-Deir site (Damietta Governorate) has uncovered 20 finely carved limestone stela, together with anthropoid pottery coffins, pottery lamps, and funerary amulets. • The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) and sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) may…