Over the next week or so I want to point you in the direction of a number of excellent websites and resources that will give you a real “insight” into Ancient Egypt and prepare you for some of the sights and sounds you will experience on your Nile Cruise.
The first is a brilliant magazine called “Ancient Egypt Magazine” that you can subscribe to or buy a single copy to get a feel for what the magazine consists of.
Here are the details of what’s in the current issue:
From our Egypt CorrespondentAyman Wahby Taher, with the latest news from around Egypt – new discoveries and reports from Middle Egypt, Luxor and Cairo.
More News from Egypt
A report from AE’s Editors with yet more news from Luxor and from the Western Desert Oases.
The Domain of the Cat-Goddess, Bastet
Daniela Rosenow looks at the substantial remains in and around the Great Temple of Bubastis, sacred to Bastet, in the Delta city that still bears her name, Tell Basta.
The Gardeners of Amun
AE looks at a new exhibition featuring the burial equipment of families of gardeners from Thebes.
The Amarna Project
Barry Kemp in the fourth of a series of articles on the city, looks at Amarna as a workshop.
Tutankhamun and the World of the Pharoahs
A photo. report by Nacho Ares and MarÃa Belci on the Vienna exhibition.
Pharaonic Renaissance
Igor Uranic looks at an exhibition on Late Period art in Zagreb and Budapest.
Servant of the Deep
Paul Boughton discovers a ushabti figure that survived the sinking of the Titanic.
Per Mesut: for younger readers
In this edition, Hilary Wilson looks at stools and chairs.
You can get your copy bu visiting their website at Ancient Egypt Magazine.
