Ancient Egypt - February/March 2020

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Highlights of Manchester Museum: 21 - The significance of the stela of Princess Isis in the collection is revealed by Campbell Price.
What Lies Beneath? - Pauline Carroll explores the use of digital techniques to display artefacts in the Turin Egyptian Museum.
The Slain Soldiers of Tomb 507 - Julian Heath asks whether the warriors found in a tomb at Deir el-Bahri met their death in a civil war between Thebes and Herakleopolis.
A Load of Old Bull: the Serapeum of Saqqara – Part 2 - Aidan Dodson describes the last four centuries of the burial place of the Apis bulls.
Rev. Edward Hincks - John J. Taylor recounts the life story of the parish priest from Ireland who was the first to decipher the name of the ‘Belfast Mummy’.
Per Mesut: for Younger Readers - Hilary Wilson looks at the meaning of lions in ancient Egyptian art and theology.

Highlights of the Manchester Museum 21: The Stela of Princess Isis

This finely wrought limestone slab (Acc. no. 1781) once formed the upper part (the curved ‘lunette’) of a larger stela commemorating the daughter of King Ramesses VI (c. 1143-1136 BC), a princess named Iset – or Isis.

2 mins

LATEST DISCOVERIES AT GEBEL EL-SILSILA

Maria Nilsson and John Ward take a break from their regular series of Gebel el- Silsila through the ages to share with us some of the archaeological discoveries from their most recent field season.

10+ mins

What Lies Beneath? Exploring The Use Of Digital Archaeological Techniques

Pauline Carroll explores the future of museum displays at the Museo Egizio, Turin.

5 mins

THE SLAIN SOLDIERS OF TOMB 507: AN EGYPTOLOGICAL MYSTERY

Julian Heath investigates the grisly finds from the Deir el-Bahri rock-cut tomb.

8 mins

A LOAD OF OLD BULL: THE SERAPEUM OF SAQQARA PART 2: THE LAST FOUR CENTURIES

Aidan Dodson completes the story of the burial place of the Apis bulls.

8 mins

PER MESUT: for younger readers

PER MESUT: for younger readers

4 mins

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