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Understanding the news: new evidence of early pottery manufacture atAswan, Old Kingdom

Digging is not the end of the story, but the beginning...

Details regarding the Saite tombs at Saqqara, posted by MargaretPatterson in this excellent write up of a talk...

Armchair Archaeology: Visit Saite tombs and infrastructure at Saqqara

Understanding the news: New discoveries at Saqqara may reveal moreabout mummification, Late Period

Understanding the news: Naqada III site reveals more about Egypt's earliest inhabitants, Pre-Dynastic Period

Understanding the news: Late Period statue of Osiris found at OldKingdom pyramid site of Djoser

Feature object: Fragment of painted cartonnage Second IntermediatePeriod (Dynasty XVI)

What does an Egyptologist see? Stela of Amenhotep, New Kingdom

Rome’s Flaminian Obelisk: an epic journey from divine Egyptian symbol to tourist attraction, by Dr Nicky Nielsen

Serapis: Greek, Egyptian or somewhere in between?

Apply now for an ONLINE Certificate/Diploma in Egyptology 2018 intake at the University of Manchester!

Feature Object: Heart Scarab inscribed with Spell 30B, New Kingdom

EES Excavations at Abydos 1925-6 season tomb cards

Understanding the news: Tomb of 19th Dynasty general uncovered at Saqqara

Understanding the news: the Polytechnic University of Turin - no evidence of 'hidden chambers' in Tutankhamun's tomb