The art and artefacts of ancient Egypt are still familiar around the world, but how much do we know about the people…
The discovery of large grain silos alters our understanding of life in Ancient Egypt…
There is no shortage of books on Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and the Amarna period. However, many try to focus on some aspect of…
Old interpretations of Egyptian glass-making are shattered by experiments and new excavations at Amarna…
Philip Taverner reviews the new 02 exhibition and remembers the original exhibition…
DNA analysis suggests mystery mummy's royal identity…
Archaeologists trace 15,000 year old rock art sites at Qurta…
City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish Peter Parsons Weidenfeld and Nicholson, £20.00 While wandering through the gloomy, overstuffed galleries of Cairo’s Egyptian Museum…
Ian Shaw reports on his excavations at the 'harem' site of Gurob in the Fayum, Egypt…
Canopic jars of Rameses II neither Canopic nor Rameses' but ordinary cosmetic containers…
Images of Anthony and Cleopatra found on 2,000 year old coins…
The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt John Ray, Profile £15.99 Which object lends its name to internationally known software…
The life and times of Carter from the biography 'Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun' by HVF Winstone…