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Queen Tiye
Marshall Hindley recounts the life and times of the Great Royal Wife of King Amenhotep III.

ANCIENT EGYPT
www.ancientegyptmagazine.com August/September 2007 VOLUME 8, NO 1: ISSUE NO. 43 EDITOR: Robert B. Partridge, 6 Branden Drive Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8EJ, UK Tel. 01565 754450 Email ancientegyptmag@aol.com DEPUTY EDITOR: Peter Phillips CONSULTANT EDITOR: Professor Rosalie David, OBE EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Victor Blunden, Peter Robinson, Cath and John Rutherford, Hilary Wilson EGYPT CORRESPONDENT Ayman Wahby Taher PUBLISHED BY: Empire Publications, 1 Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1HW, UK Tel: 0161 872 3319 Fax: 0161 872 4721 ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER: Michael Massey Tel. 0161 928 2997 SUBSCRIPTIONS: Mike Hubbard PRINTED BY: Warners (Midlands) plc, The Maltings, Manor Lane, BOURNE, Lincolnshire, PE10 9PH, UK DESIGN AND SETTING: Peartree Publishing and Design, 56 Albert St, Manchester M11 3SU, UK FRONT COVER DESIGNED BY: David Soper Main image: colossal statue of Akhenaten Photo: RP.

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From our Egypt Correspondent
Ayman Wahby Taher brings the latest news from around Egypt, including more exciting discoveries in and around the temples of Karnak.

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AE reports on the recent civil engineering works, new excavations and conservation work at Luxor.

New views of Luxor temple

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AE looks at the many enigmatic colossal statues of Akhenaten surviving from his temple to the Aten at Karnak.

Statues of Akhenaten

Ancient Egyptian Technology

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In his third and final article on ancient technology, Denys Stocks shows how the ancient Egyptians had mass-production techniques for cutting and carving the hardest of stones.

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Anticipating Tutankhamun
An update on information about the forthcoming “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” Exhibition in London later this year.

The Dakhleh Oasis Project

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In the fourth of a series of articles on the Project, Dr. Colin Hope tells readers about the Roman Period village of Kellis, located at the heart of the Oasis.

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Per Mesut: for younger readers
In this edition, Hilary Wilson looks at ancient Egyptian picnics.

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