Ancient Egypt Magazine December 2007/January 2008

Ancient Egypt Magazine

Thanks to Ancient Egypt editor Bob Partridge for the following details about the current issue of the magazine, which is now available. This issue is also available as an electronic version which can be found at the web site www.ancientegyptmagazine.com 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, Dr. Ayman Wahby Taher, brings the latest news from Egypt which includes many new discoveries in and around the Temple of Karnak.
• Where we are with Amarna: A summary of the latest work at Amarna, city of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, by Professor Barry Kemp, as an introduction to a series of articles which will appear in the magazine in 2008.
• A new look at the Gayer Anderson Cat. Neal Spencer Cecil takes a closer than usual look at one of the British Museums most popular ancient Egyptian exhibit, and reveals some of its secrets.
• Meeting the Boy King: an introduction to the life of Tutankhamun: Charlotte Booth looks at some of the objects from the Tomb of Tutankhamun and what they can tell us about the life of the young king.
• The REAL Cleopatra’s Needle: Stephanie Roberts tells the story of how an obelisk from Philae ended up in the gardens of a stately home in Dorset.
• The Tax Man Cometh! A report on the recent re-discovery of some ancient Ostraca from Philae, in the basement of Kingston Lacy house in Dorset.
• The Mosque in Luxor Temple: Following a fire in the mosque earlier in the year, Ayman Wahby Taher tells a story of discovery and conservation.
• Maat: An Ancient Morality Check: Beth Asbury reveals that the goddess Maat also represented a fundamental force that held the universe together and reflected the ancient Egyptians collective sense of right and wrong.
• Per Mesut: For younger readers: This issue Hilary Wilson looks at colour.

Book Reviews:

• Discovery: Unearthing the New treasures of Archaeology, Edited by Brian Fagan.
• Tutankhamun’s Egypt, by Frances Welsh.
• Lives of the Ancient Egyptians, by Toby Wilkinson.
• The Egyptian World, Edited by Toby Wilkinson.
• The Rough Guide to Egypt, by Dan Richardson, Daniel Jacobs and others.
• The Great Mysteries of Archaeology: Tutankhamun, by Renzo Rossi.
• Growing Up and Getting Old in Ancient Egypt, by Rosalind and Jac Janssen.
• Antony and Cleopatra, by Patricia Southern.
• Cleopatra: Queen, Lover, Legend, by Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
• Ancient Egypt, by David Pickering.
• Art and Architecture, Egypt, by Matthias Seidel, Regine Schutz and others.
• The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology, Edited by Miroslav Barta
• Karl Ludwig Libay – Travel Sketches from the Orient, Edited by Susan Magdolen and Lucie Storchova

Plus other Regular Features that include:

Egyptology Society details for the UK and many overseas and full listing of forthcoming lectures and events in the UK from December 2007 to February 2008. AND the magazine’s 2008 desk-top Calendar is now available. It can be ordered from the web site or from the Editor or publishers (addresses in the magazine).