EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY No. 49 Autumn 2016 www.ees.ac.uk Editor Jan Geisbusch Editorial Advisers Aidan Dodson Cédric Gobeil John J Johnston Caitlin McCall Luigi Prada Alice Stevenson John Taylor Advertising Sales Phone: +44 (0)20 7242 1880 E-mail: jan.geisbusch@ees.ac.uk Distribution Phone: +44 (0)20 7242 1880 E-mail: orders@ees.ac.uk Website: www.ees-shop.co.uk Published twice a year by the Egypt Exploration Society 3 Doughty Mews London WC1N 2PG United Kingdom Registered Charity, No. 212384 A Limited Company registered in England, No. 25816 Design by Nim Design Ltd Set in InDesign CS6 by Jan Geisbusch Printed by Page Bros Ltd, Mile Cross Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR6 6SA © The Egypt Exploration Society and the contributors. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior permission of the publishers. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the aims or concerns of the Egypt Exploration Society. ISSN 0962 2837
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Editorial Just glancing at this issue of Egyptian Archaeology, you can already tell what the big story is – we’ve had a head-to-toe layout make-over. And, of course, we hope you like it as much as we do. EA has been around for quite some time now – issue 1 appeared in 1991, and a quarter century is a long time, even more so in magazine publishing. So when the EES earlier this year decided to overhaul its logo and visual identity, we felt it was the opportunity to have a fresh look at EA, too, and how it might be part of this process. I’m very happy with the result – the new layout looks clean, spacious and contemporary, providing a great showcase for the reports that have been reaching us from the field. Some of these, as always, are updates on EES projects that you have made possible through your continued support of the Society: Anna Garnett’s article on pottery assemblages from the Amarna Stone Village or Delphine Driaux’s archive research on a 19th-century French mission at the same site. Both were recipients of EES fieldwork & research grants last year. And Sanda Heinz and Elsbeth van der Wilt bring to light some of the untapped treasures still slumbering in the EES archive. But I’m also very excited about the stories unrelated to the Society, such as Ayman Damarany and Hazem Salah’s piece on an intriguing find in the Seti I temple at Abydos, or Marilina Betrò and Gianluca Miniaci’s article from the Theban necropolis – which also supplied our marvellous cover image. Speaking of great images: the article on Coptos by Laure Pantalacci and the new EES Director Cédric Gobeil is as great to read as it is visually stunning. Wouter Claes and Dirk Huyge offer us a glimpse into Egypt’s predynastic past from an under-researched site, while David García and José M. Galán add to our knowledge of ancient weaponry. Jan Geisbusch Above: Mohammed Gamal el-Sayed, Mohammed Fadaly and Nehad Abd Elmonieum Abd Elreheem during excavation on the Wadi el-Gamal (Joanne Rowland’s EES mission to Merimde / Beni Salama - see Digging Diary, pp. 34-37). Cover: detail of a mask as found in the material deposit of room M, tomb MIDAN.05. See article pp. 29-33. Photo: Gianluca Miniaci. EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY ISSUE NO 49 AUTUMN 2016
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