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ARCHAEOLOGY
Medinet Habu. The Chicago House conservation team moving blocks, including statue fragments, in the blockyard at the temple. Photograph: Nahed Samir. See ‘Digging Diary’ p.27.
Number 38
Spring 2011
Safeguarding Egypt’s antiquities Patricia Spencer
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EES Centenary Awards
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Ancient Theban waterways Angus Graham
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Recent EES Events
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The discovery of the lintel of Hatiay at Amarna
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Barry Kemp’s work in Egypt honoured Aidan Dodson
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A statue of Ramesses II from Tell Basta Theresa Steckel
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The tomb of the Royal Envoy Nakht-Min Khaled Daoud
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A new era at Quesna Joanne Rowland
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A survey of the mud-brick buildings of Qena Maria Correas-Amador
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Seals and seal impressions from Hierakonpolis Richard Bussmann
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The temple of Ptah at Karnak Christophe Thiers and Pierre Zignani
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Digging Diary Patricia Spencer
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Undisturbed Late Period tombs at Saqqara Christiane Ziegler
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Online C14 database for Egypt Joanne Rowland and Christopher Bronk Ramsey
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Bookshelf
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A Hyksos palace at Avaris Manfred Bietak
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A papyrus from the House of Life at Akhetaten Richard B Parkinson
42
Five minutes with Kent Weeks
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Cover illustration. Karnak, the temple of Ptah. Two adjoining loose blocks belonging to the Ptolemaic structure of the courtyard. Photograph: ©CNRS-CFEETK/Christophe Thiers. See further, pp.20-24.