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Contents March/April 2023 • Issue 135 12 20 FE ATUR ES 12 EGYPT’S GOLDEN COUPLE: A FAMILY AFFAIR New interpretations of Amarna imagery from the fascinating reign of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, presented by John Coleman and Colleen Darnell. 20 PROTOVILLAGES OF STONE AGE EGYPT Julian Heath explores Egypt’s prehistoric past, looking for evidence for the earliest settlements in the Western Desert. 26 FRANCIS FRITH IN EGYPT Julia Skinner explores the life and work of the pioneering photographer who documented the great monuments of ancient Egypt. 34 GOING FOR GOLD: RECONSIDERING MUMMIES FROM THE GRAECOROMAN PERIOD As the Golden Mummies of Egypt exhibition opens at the Manchester Museum, Campbell Price discusses mummies, gold, and an obsessive belief in the afterlife. 40 GOLDEN FLIES AS MILITARY AWARDS? IT DOESN’T FLY! New PhD research by Taneash Sidpura refutes the traditional interpretation. 40 5500 BC 3000 BC Predynastic Period Archaic Period 2500 BC 2000 BC 1st Intermediate Period 1500 BC 2nd Intermediate Period 1000 BC 3rd Intermediate Period Old Kingdom Middle Kingdom New Kingdom 7-10 DYNASTIES 1 2 34 5 6 11 12 13-14 15-17 18 19 20 21 22-24 4 MARCH/APRIL 2023
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R EGUL AR S 6 NEWS Egyptological news, summarised by Sarah Griffiths. LOCATIONS IN THIS ISSUE… Mediterranean Sea Alexandria Taposiris Magna New Damietta/ Tell el-Deir T Buto/ Tell el-Fara’in Tanis Quesna Fayum Heliopolis Cairo Giza Saqqara Dahshur Memphis Gerza/ Philadelphia 7 10 MILESTONES IN EGYPTOLOGY The Royal Cache at Deir el-Bahri, 1881 How a wandering goat led to one of the most important discoveries in Egyptology. 46 HILARY WILSON ON… THE AFTER LIFE OF TWO EGYPTIAN STOOLS How the ancient Egyptian stool continues to inspire modern furniture-makers. 52 OUT AND ABOUT… The Temple of Nekhbet–Hathor Karl Harris goes off the beaten track near Elkab. Exhibitions round-up 58 BOOK REVIEWS 62 READERS’ LETTERS 63 COMPETITION AND COMING ATTRACTIONS 65 HOW TO SUBSCRIBE 66 OBJECT HIGHLIGHT Campbell Price describes a golden statuette of Amun in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 500 BC BC AD Ptolemaic Period 500 AD L at e Period Roman Period 27-30 25-26 Farafra Oasis Amarna Red Sea Dakhla Oasis Luxor Armant (Hermonthis) Western Desert Gebel Ramlah Wadi Hilal Elkab Esna Edfu (Nekheb/Eleithyiopolis) Gebel el-Silsila Kom Ombo Nabta Playa Nubia Aswan Abu Simbel Deir el-Bahri Deir elMedina Assasif DraAbu el-Naga Medinet Habu 0 2km Dabod Aswan Philae River Nile Karnak Luxor Kalabsha Nubia Gerf Hussein Dakkah Maharraka Wadi Saboua INSET ABOVE Detailed map of the Theban area RIGHT Detailed map of the Nubia area MAPS Peter Robinson Wadi Halfa km 0 40 I S S U E 135 5

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March/April 2023 • Issue 135

12

20

FE ATUR ES

12 EGYPT’S GOLDEN COUPLE: A FAMILY AFFAIR New interpretations of Amarna imagery from the fascinating reign of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, presented by John Coleman and Colleen Darnell.

20 PROTOVILLAGES OF STONE AGE EGYPT Julian Heath explores Egypt’s prehistoric past, looking for evidence for the earliest settlements in the Western Desert.

26 FRANCIS FRITH IN EGYPT Julia Skinner explores the life and work of the pioneering photographer who documented the great monuments of ancient Egypt.

34 GOING FOR GOLD: RECONSIDERING MUMMIES FROM THE GRAECOROMAN PERIOD As the Golden Mummies of Egypt exhibition opens at the Manchester Museum, Campbell Price discusses mummies, gold, and an obsessive belief in the afterlife.

40 GOLDEN FLIES AS MILITARY AWARDS? IT DOESN’T FLY! New PhD research by Taneash Sidpura refutes the traditional interpretation.

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5500 BC

3000 BC

Predynastic Period Archaic Period

2500 BC

2000 BC

1st Intermediate

Period

1500 BC

2nd Intermediate

Period

1000 BC 3rd Intermediate

Period

Old Kingdom

Middle Kingdom

New Kingdom

7-10

DYNASTIES 1 2 34 5 6 11 12

13-14 15-17

18 19 20 21 22-24

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MARCH/APRIL 2023

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