Ancient Egypt Magazine October/November 2008

Links now corrected (thanks to Ben!)

Thanks to Bob Partridge (Editor of Ancient Egypt Magazine for letting me know that the 50th issue of “Ancient Egypt” magazine, October/November 2008, (published in the U.K.) is now available.

This issue will also be available (by 10th October) as an electronic version (pdf) which can be found at the Ancient Egypt website. 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. Individual issues can be purchased online, as well as a subscription.

As a special offer, and for a limited period, a FREE online version of the previous issue of the magazine (August/September) is available at the site.

Contents of the New October/November issue include;

• News from Egypt: The magazine’s Egypt Correspondent, Dr. Ayman Wahby Taher, reports on new discoveries at Saqqara, Taposiris Magna and Luxor.
• The Amarna Project: In the fifth of a series of articles, Professor Barry Kemp looks at religion in the city of Akhetaten and asks if the cult of the Aten was a religion for all.
• Pharaoh’s Gold: Colin Reader, Egyptologist and geologist looks at how the ancient Egyptians found their gold and how it was mined.
• A Tale of Two Heads: AE finds out how and why two heads of statues of Amenhotep III from his great mortuary temple at Thebes and now in the British Museum, have been replicated in order to send copies back to Egypt.
• The use of Leopard Skin in ancient Egypt: Magda van Ryneveld describes the use of the pelt from leopards, which adorned the priests, nobility and kings of Egypt.
• Tutankhamun’s Murder: Case Reopened?: Dr. David Counsel examines the known evidence and concludes that still more tests and studies are needed before the case for murder can be dismissed.
• Serapis before and after the Ptolemies: Anton Mifsud and Marta Farrugia relate the history of the cult of Serapis and a connection with the island of Malta..
• Per Mesut: For younger readers: This issue Hilary Wilson looks at Hawk Gods.
• Netfishing: in this regular exploration of ancient Egypt on the World Wide Web, Victor Blunden looks at sites which cover the reign of Rameses II

New Books reviewed:

• The Architecture of Alexandria in Egypt 300 BC – AD 700, by Judith McKenzie.
• Soldier of the Pharaoh: Middle Kingdom Egypt, by Nic Fields.
• Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, by Zahi Hawass.
• The Egypt Exploration Society – the early years, Edited by Patricia Spencer.
• Sacred Space and Sacred Function in Ancient Thebes, Edited by Peter Dorman and Betsy M. Bryan.
• Shabtis – A private View: Ancient Egyptian funerary statuettes in European Private Collections, by Glenn Janes.
• The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II, by Marc van De Mieroop.
• The Art of Ancient Egypt, by Gay Robins.

Plus other Regular Features that include:

Egyptology Society details for the UK and many overseas, a full listing of forthcoming lectures and events in the UK from October till December 2008 and notice of major events and Exhibitions in the UK and Europe into 2009.