Biological and artistic evidence suggests that dwarfs held a privilaged position in Ancient Egyptian society
Egypt
Egypt: How a Lost Civilisation was Discovered
Egypt – How a lost civilisation was rediscovered. Joyce Tyldesley BBC Books, £17.99 In 1400 BC, the three pyramids at Giza, were already 1000 years old. Long abandoned by their priests, they lay open, stripped of their precious contents. The once-mighty sphinx already lay buried to its neck in sand. Fashions had changed and the […]
Tutankhamen’s Last Drink
A number of amphorae discovered alongside Tutankhamun have been revealed to contain red wine
View from the Field: The Great Pyramid Egypt
G.J. Tassie of the Cultural Heritage Organisation, looks at some of the recent undertakings in Egypt
KV5 – Largest Tomb in Valley of the Kings
The latest discoveries at KV5, the largest ancient Egyptian tomb ever discovered in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor
Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt
Every time an archaeologist looks at non-élite everyday data, this is heralded as something special, unusual, praise-worthy, and in the case of Meskell’s book, is described as ‘pathbreaking’. In fact, increasing numbers of researchers are looking at the regular every-day lives of the ancients. In the Ancient Egyptian arena, this is helped by the wealth […]
Lost Tomb, The
One cannot leave the story of KV5 without looking at some of the literature it has produced. First and foremost is Kent Weeks’ own account of the discovery of the tomb. The Lost Tomb is one of the best archaeological books I have ever read. I bought it to read during our trip to Egypt […]
Mummy found at Saqqara
An Egyptian-led team of archaeologists have discovered a brilliantly-coloured mummy at the Saqqara Pyramids complex near Cairo, Egypt. The mummy is thought to have been buried around 300 BC. Stand back Nigella Lawson and Kate Moss, this yummy mummy has hit the headlines as the world’s most beautiful mummy. Though its identity is unknown, […]
Rameses II
The mighty statue of Ramases II is set to be moved from down-town Cairo to a new museum planned for the Giza Plateau
Mons Porphyrites, Egypt
Two quarries in Egypt’s eastern desert supplied much of the best building material for Imperial Rome
Mons Claudianus, Egypt
Two quarries in Egypt’s Eastern Desert supplied much of the best building stone for imperial Rome
Egyptology Books Round-Up
The publication of eight books simultaneously is a major event and eight books have recently been published by University College London (UCL) Press on Egyptology. However, these are not like any previous books on Egyptology, and it is tempting to say that they tell us more about UCL and its Director, Peter Ucko, than they […]