Publication Date: 29 March 2018
Inside:
Living With the Enemy
How a small community of Nubian traders and Egyptian colonists blended and forged a new identity that may have led to the rise of Egypt's largest-ever empire.
Ahmose: Father of a Dynasty
The war against the Hyksos cost Prince Ahmose’s family dearly, and, bizarrely, may have started with some bellowing hippos.
The Divine Falcon
The most commonly-depicted deity in the entire history of ancient Egypt isn't Osiris, Amun or Hathor—it's the divine falcon. We look at the different raptors in the Egyptian pantheon.
Hieroglyphs: Who Translated them First?
Jean-François Champollion may have been beaten in the race to decipher hieroglyphs by medieval Arab scholars centuries before.
Saving Ancient Egypt
A revised history of Khonsu Temple at Karnak, and a new look for a splendid statue of Amenhotep III - we look at some of the remarkable results of the American Research Center in Egypt's conservation field schools.
Meresankh III: Queen for Eternity
The Giza Project at Harvard University is building a 3D virtual reconstruction of the Giza Plateau as it may have looked when first built. We explore one of the digitally recreated tombs: that of Khufu's granddaughter.
Plus, The Quiz, Looking Back and lots more. Enjoy your Nile time!