NILE 29, Jan-Feb 2021
NILE 29, Jan-Feb 2021
AMENHOTEP III AND TIYE: THE SCARABS SPEAK
Evidence of Queen Tiye’s extraordinary status, thanks to several series of inscribed royal scarabs.
NEW DISCOVERY: THE LOST, GOLDEN CITY AT LUXOR
How Amenhotep III’s industrial and administrative township could rewrite history.
THE PHARAOHS’ GOLDEN PARADE
Royal mummies on the move - in spectacular style.
THE LUXOR OBELISK AND ITS VOYAGE TO PARIS
The true story of one of the great engineering feats of the early 19th century.
THE CULT OF THE ANCESTORS
How the royal tomb builders reached out to their deceased ancestors for divine help.
PETRIE, THE PORTRAITS, AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY
Flinders Petrie was keen to see his newly-discovered Fayum Portraits regarded as works of art.
LOOKING BACK
The Egyptian exhibition that Howard Carter tried to shut down.