Ancient Egypt Magazine 155
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Hilary Wilson on… Bread, beer and economics – Part 1
Hilary Wilson explores the importance of grain for wages and taxes.
Beyond Montet: New discoveries in the royal necropolis of Tanis
Following Aidan Dodson’s history of the Libyan pharaohs of Egypt in the last issue, Roger Forshaw explores the latest discoveries from the site of Tanis, their capital city.
Tomb offerings: a wish list for eternity
Ancient Egyptians believed that the foods and goods listed in their tombs would magically become available to them for eternity. Hilary Wilson reports.
Alexandria Antiqua: A topographical Catalogue and Reconstruction
Review by Sarah Griffiths The city of Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great (c.331 BC), was strategically situated on the Mediterranean coast at the junction of three continents, protected by reefs, headlands,
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Ancient Egyptian news in brief: crocodile burials and a counterfeit tomb
A round-up of some of the latest news from the ancient Egyptian world.
Ancient Egyptian Statues: Their Many Lives and Deaths
Review by Campbell Price This finely produced book from AUC Press is written with eloquence by statue scholar and curator Simon Connor. Opening with recent debates about the role and identity of
Roman residential town found close to Luxor Temple
The complex dates to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.
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.