Ancient Egypt

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Thanks to Bob Partridge for the following update. The August/September issue of “Ancient Egypt” magazine (published in the U.K.) is now available.

This issue is also available as an electronic version which can be found at the above address. This may be useful for anyone with a broadband connection who may have difficulty in getting hold of a paper copy of the magazine, or who might want to see a copy before subscribing.

Contents of this issue include;

• News from Egypt: The magazine’s Egypt Correspondent brings the latest news from Egypt which includes new discoveries at Karnak, the recording of ancient rock art in the Eastern Desert, work at Saqqara and a newly restored statue of Amenhotep III.
• Queen Tiye: Marshall Hindley recounts the life and times of the great Royal Wife of king Amenhotep III.
• New views of the temple of Luxor: AE reports on the recent civil engineering works, new excavations and conservation work in and around the temple of Luxor.
• Statues of Akhenaten: A look at the many enigmatic colossal statues of Akhenaten surviving from his temple to the Aten at Karnak.
• The Dakhleh Oasis Project: The fourth of the reports on the important and revealing work being done in the Oasis. This article looks at the Roman Town of Kellis, located in the heart of the Oasis.
• Ancient Egyptian Technology: The third and last in a series of articles by Denys Stocks shows how the ancient Egyptian had mass-production techniques for cutting and carving the hardest of stones.
• Per Mesut: For younger readers: This issue Hilary Wilson looks at ancient Egyptian Picnics.

Book Reviews:

• Akhenaten and Tutankhamun, by David P. Silverman, Joseph H. Wegner and Jennifer Houser Wegner.
• People of Ancient Egypt, by Charlotte Booth.
• Napoleon’s Pyramids, a novel by William Dietricht.
• The Rosetta Stone, by John Ray.
• The Great Belzoni, by Stanley Mayes.
• The Exiled collector: William Bankes and the making of an English country house, by Anne Sebba.
• The Gayer-Anderson cat, by Neal Spencer.
• Egyptian Games and Sports, by Joyce Tyldesley.
• Lords of Avaris, by David Rohl.
• Who Really Killed Alexander the great – An Archeo Biological Solution, by Rick Baudé.
  
  Plus other Regular Features, including: Egyptology Society details for the UK and many overseas societies and full listing of forthcoming lectures and event in the UK from August to October.
  
  Coming in Future issues: A number of articles which on Tutankhamun and related subjects, to coincide with the opening of the “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaoh’s” exhibition in London in November.