Ancient Egypt Magazine 154
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A BESTIARY OF ANCIENT NUBIA A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia reveals the animal world of ancient Nubia from the A-Group culture to the medieval period, including lions, crocodiles, birds, cattle, and insects
Win a copy of Rewriting the History of the Great Sphinx by Colin D Reader
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Horemkhauef of Hierakonpolis
In the first of an occasional series focusing on remarkable people of their period, Wolfram Grajetzki introduces the ‘First Inspector of the Priests’ at Nekhen during the Second Intermediate Period.
Min: the most popular deity in the Eastern Desert?
Sean Rigby traces the worship of this distinctive-looking ancient Egyptian god.
The Archaeology of Egyptian Non-Royal Burial Customs in New Kingdom Egypt and Its Empire
Review by Anna Garnett Traditional Egyptological narratives often placed Egypt at the centre, to the detriment of neighbouring cultures, with the result that our understanding of the complexities of those cultures can
‘Smiling’ sphinx statue discovered near Dendera
The face of the sphinx could possibly represent the Roman emperor Claudius
The Temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahri
Geoffrey Lenox-Smith explores the innovative Middle Kingdom monument that inspired Hatshepsut’s famous Deir el-Bahri temple.
Analysis shines light on ingredients of mummification
Some of the ingredients, such as elemi and dammar resins, are thought to have been imported from the tropical forests of south-east Asia
The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Nubia
Review by Anna Garnett The past two decades have seen greater recognition that the cultures of Nubia represent the earliest complex societies in inner Africa in their own right: scholars of ancient
The Tomb of Tutankhamun: The Other Side of the Story
Review by Hilary Forrest Oh no – not another book about Tutankhamun! This one, however, is rather different. The first sections of the book cover the history of the Valley of the
Roman, Coptic, and Byzantine tombs discovered in Minya
Other tasks carried out by the team this season included conservation work on the murals of the basilica on site
Pharaoh’s chariot wheel: the power behind the throne
Kim Masters traces the development of the chariot wheel from its humble origin as a tree log under a stone block.
Margaret Murray’s Pioneering Investigation in 1908
A scientific approach to the study of ancient Egyptian mummies.
Exploring tomb distribution in Upper Qurna
Katherine Slinger searches for patterns in the locations of private tombs on the slopes above the royal mortuary temples of Luxor.
Terracotta female figurine from el Ma’mariya
In this issue, Dr Campbell Price describes an intriguing Predynastic artefact in the Brooklyn Museum.
Tomb Families: Private Tomb Distribution in the New Kingdom Theban Necropolis
Review by Campbell Price This book is the result of the very recent PhD research of Liverpool University student Katherine Slinger – so recent, in fact, that Dr Slinger graduated after the
Unrolling a Book of the Dead scroll
Measuring more than 16 metres long, the papyrus was discovered in May 2022 at Saqqara
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PHARAOH: KING OF EGYPT An international touring exhibition of more than 120 objects from the British Museum, exploring the ideals, symbolism, and ideology of Egyptian kingship, and the realities of life in
Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period: Kleopatra Thea and Kleopatra III (Routledge Studies in Ancient History)
Review by Sarah Griffiths There are so very few books on female Ptolemaic rulers (with the exception of Cleopatra VII) that I was excited to see a new volume dedicated to two
Burial complex unearthed at Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis
Finds included canopic jar stoppers, cartonnage fragments, and several woven baskets.
Golden mummies share their secrets
Many of the amulets are made of gold, including a golden tongue inside the mouth
Columns of a 7th-century BC hall uncovered at Buto
Finds of religious pottery vessels and fragments of reliefs suggest the hall dates to the Saite Period.