Ancient Egypt

December 2007 / January 2008

Features:

• From our Egypt Correspondent Ayman Wahby Taher with the latest news and discoveries from around Egypt
• Where we are with Amarna Barry Kempanticipates a series of articles on Amarna that will appear in AEnext year.
• The Gayer Anderson Cat Neal Spencerreveals the secrets of one of the British Museum’s best known Egyptian antiquities.
• Meeting the Boy King Charlotte Booth looks at some of the objects from the Tomb of Tutankhamun and what they tell us about the life of the young king
• The RealCleopatra’s Needle Stephanie Roberts tells the story of how an obelisk from Philae ended up in the gardens of a stately home in Dorset. Plusnews of some re-discovered ostraca.
• The Mosque in Luxor Temple Ayman Wahby Taherdescribes the uncovering of important ancient reliefs, dating to Rameses II, within the Mosque. Plusnews from Qurna.
• Maat: An Ancient Morality Check Beth Asburyrelates how Maat was the fundamen- tal force that held the universe together and reflect- ed the ancient Egyptians’ sense of right and wrong
• An Egyptianising Elephant House visited in Antwerp byPeter Phillips
• Per Mesut: for younger readers In this edition, Hilary Wilson looks at colour