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From our Egypt Correspondent
Ayman Wahby Taher with the latest news from Egypt and details of a new museum at Saqqara.
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October/November 2006 VOLUME 7, NO 2: ISSUE NO. 38 EDITOR: Robert B. Partridge, 6 Branden Drive Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8EJ, UK Tel. 01565 754450 Email ancientegyptmag@aol.com ASSISTANT EDITOR: Peter Phillips CONSULTANT EDITOR: Professor Rosalie David, OBE EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Victor Blunden, Peter Robinson, 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: Face of a coffin from tomb KV63. Photo: courtesy of the University of Memphis Mission. TRADE DISTRIBUTION THROUGH: Diamond Magazine Distribution Ltd. Rye Wharf Road, Harbour Road, Rye, East Sussex TN31 7TE, UK Tel: 01797 225229 Fax: 01797 225657 ISSN: 1470 9990
Friends of Nekhen News
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Renée Friedman looks at the presence of Nubians in the city at Hierakonpolis, and their lives there, as revealed in the finds from their tombs.
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The New Tomb in the Valley of the Kings
The fourth update on the recent discovery and the final clearance of the small chamber.
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ANOTHER new tomb in the Valley of the Kings?
Nicholas Reeves reveals the latest news on the possibility of another tomb in the Royal Valley.
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Royal Mummies on view in the Egyptian Museum
A brief report on the opening of the second mummy room in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
The Ancient Stones Speak
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Pam Scott, in the first of three major articles, gives a practical guide to enable AE readers to read and understand the ancient texts written on temple and tomb walls, statues and stelae.
The Rekhyt Bird
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Kenneth Griffin explains how the many representations of the lapwing are much more than a simple image of a bird; they have a more significant meaning.
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Per Mesut: for younger readers
In this edition, Hilary Wilson looks at pomegranates.
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From the Editor Maps of Egypt Timeline Bits and Pieces Readers’ Letters Subscribers’ Competition Winners 4 4, 5 5 6 52 55 Subscribe Back Issues Book Reviews Egyptology Society Details Events Diary Netfishing 56 57 58 62 64 67
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