EGYPTIAN
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EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY Bulletin of the Egypt Exploration Society www.ees.ac.uk
The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the aims or concerns of the Egypt Exploration Society Editor Patricia Spencer Editorial Advisers Peter Clayton Vivian Davies George Hart David Jeffreys Mike Murphy Chris Naunton Alice Stevenson John Taylor Advertising Sales Steve Partridge Egypt Exploration Society 3 Doughty Mews London WC1N 2PG Phone: +44 (0)20 7242 1880 Fax: +44 (0)20 7404 6118 E-mail: steve.partridge@ees.ac.uk Distribution Phone: +44 (0)20 7242 2268 Fax: +44 (0)20 7404 6118 E-mail: orders@ees.ac.uk Website: www.ees.ac.uk Published twice a year by The Egypt Exploration Society 3 Doughty Mews, London WC1N 2PG Registered Charity No.212384 A limited Company registered in England, No.25816 Original design by Jeremy Pemberton Set in Adobe InDesign CS2 by Patricia Spencer Printed by Commercial Colour Press Ltd Angard House, 185 Forest Road, Hainault, Essex IG6 3HU
The Book of the Dead. The eleventh mound of the Netherworld; spell 149 from the Book of the Dead of Nu (Eighteenth Dynasty). Photograph courtesy of the British Museum. See pp.21-24.
Number 37
Autumn 2010
Showcasing the Society
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Good company in warm sunshine James J Batty
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Nile, stars, crocodiles and Meroitic queens Julia Race
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The Third British Egyptology Congress
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EES Development Director
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Recent events at Doughty Mews
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Ian Mathieson (by David Jeffreys), Win Exley (Francine Prince), Lydia M T Barker (Jane Cooper)
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Joseph Hekekyan: pioneer archaeologist David Jeffreys
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Dahshur North: intact Middle and New Kingdom coffins Masahiro Baba and Sakuji Yoshimura
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The Christian settlement at the Amarna North Tombs Gillian Pyke
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Revealing new landscape features at Tell Basta Daniela Rosenow
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King Sheshonqs at Bubastis Eva Lange
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The Book of the Dead John Taylor
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Digging Diary Patricia Spencer
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Petrie finds revisited Tine Bagh
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Tell Yetwal wa Yuksur Jeffrey Spencer
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Bookshelf
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The Yale University Moalla Survey Project Colleen Manassa
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Ancient Egypt in the Pitt Rivers Museum Alice Stevenson
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The face of a king in the Pitt Rivers Museum Earl L Ertman
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Cover illustration. Dahshur North. The Middle Kingdom mummy and mask of Senu after the opening of his coffin. Photograph Š Institute of Egyptology, Waseda University. See pp.9-12.