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From our Egypt Correspondent Ayman Wahby Taher with the latest news from Egypt – new discoveries and reports from Middle Egypt, Luxor and Cairo. 10

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More News from Egypt A report from AE ’s Editors with yet more news from Luxor and from the Western Desert Oases.

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The Domain of the Cat-Goddess, Bastet Daniela Rosenow looks at the substantial remains in and around the Great Temple of Bubastis, sacred to Bastet, in the Delta city that still bears her name, Tell Basta.

The Gardeners of Amun AE looks at a new exhibition featuring the burial equipment of families of gardeners from Thebes. 34

37 The Amarna ProjectBarry Kemp, in the fourth of a series of articles on the city, looks at Amarna as a workshop.

44Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharoahs A photo. report by Nacho Ares and Maríía Belci on the Vienna exhibition.

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Pharaonic Renaissance Igor Uraniclooks at an exhibition on Late Period art in Zagreb and Budapest.

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Servant of the Deep Paul Boughtondiscovers a ushabti figure that survived the sinking of the Titanic.

Per Mesut : for younger readers In this edition, Hilary Wilson looks at theUnification of Egypt. 53

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From the Editor

Maps of Egypt and Timeline

Bits and Pieces

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Readers Letters

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Subscribers’ Competition Winners 51

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Book Reviews

Egyptology Society Details

Events Diary

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