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September/October 2024 • Issue 144
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12 FAKING IT James Harrell looks at the timehonoured practice of imitating costly materials with cheaper ones.
20 THE TALE OF AN AMARNA FRESCO Bob Brier gives a fascinating account of the ultimately unsuccessful attempts to save a fresco found at Akhenaten’s city of Amarna.
28 CURRENT RESEARCH IN EGYPTOLOGY Two CRE postgraduates describe research covering women in the
workforce and thoughts on ethnicity in ancient Egypt.
34 ABU ROWASH Aidan Dodson describes a forgotten royal necropolis of the early Old Kingdom, location of the ruined pyramid of Djedefra.
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42 CATS Meilin Lyu explores the different aspects of the ancient Egyptian cat, its depictions in art, and its importance in religion, cults, and daily life.
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