NILE 30, September 2021 - PDF
NILE 30, September 2021 - PDF
KHUFU’S “SOLAR BOAT” ON THE MOVE
So, how DO you move a pharaoh’s 4,600-year-old boat that weighs 45 tonnes?
THE BLUE LOTUS
The flower at the nose of the gods.
THE QUEST FOR BLUE
The blue pigment invented 600 years before the great pyramids is still in demand today.
DJOSER’S SOUTH TOMB OPEN
The mysterious South Tomb in Djoser’s Step Pyramid complex is again receiving visitors.
PRINCE AMENHOTEP AND THE REVOLUTION
What WAS Amenhotep IV trying to say by changing Egyptian art, language and his name?
THE AWAKENING OF BAB EL-GASUS
The largest undisturbed tomb ever found in Egypt still has a lot to tell us.
LOOKING BACK
How Egypt’s famous monuments became instruments for propaganda during WWI.
Plus, events and exhibitions, lots of hieroglyphs, and beautiful vintage photography.