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The tomb of Harwa (TT 37): An offering bearer from the north portico decoration. Part of a digital collage by Francesco Tiradritti. Photograph: Giacomo Lovera. See pp.17-20. This offering bearer follows those in the image at the top of p.19.
Number 43
Autumn 2013
Nile Delta research Patricia Spencer
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Doing more in Egypt Chris Naunton EES Patrons
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A family of photographers at Saqqara David Jeffreys EES news and events
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Ancient Theban temple and palace landscapes Angus Graham and Kristian Strutt
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Ptolemaic houses at Abydos Timothy Sandiford
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The tomb of Horimin José F Alonso García
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From a tomb at Haragah to St Louis, Missouri Robert Bianchi
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The cenotaph of Harwa: archaism and innovation Francesco Tiradritti
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A new family cemetery at Abu Sir South Miroslav Bárta
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Fortress Commandants of the kingdom of Kush Mariusz Drzewiecki
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Digging Diary 2012-13 Patricia Spencer
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The funerary palace of Padiamenope at Thebes Claude Traunecker and Isabelle Régen
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TT33: the Book of the Dead and the Book of Caverns Silvia Einaudi and Daniel Werning
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Plinthine on Lake Mareotis Sylvain Dhennin and Bérangère Redon Inset box: The identification of Kom el-Nugus as Plinthine Marie-Françoise Boussac
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KV 63: the glass inlay decoration on Iny’s coffin Otto J Schaden and Earl L Ertman
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Bookshelf
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Cover illustration. The serdab of the tomb of Nefer at Abu Sir South, showing statues in the course of excavation. See pp.21-24. Photograph: Miroslav Bárta.