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Volume Two Issue Five -- March/April 2002 Editor's Column Welcome to the spring issue of Ancient Egypt Magazine,
with more than usual in our pages. We are pleased to bring you the biggest
Egyptology Events Diary yet, with over 60 lectures and other events coming up in
the next three months alone. There’s also more than ever in our Travel Section. If
you are travelling or resident in the UK, Martin Jacques’ feature on the
National Trust property at Kingston Lacy, with its superb Egyptian antiquities,
may inspire you to put it on your schedule. Tony Judd takes a look at a more unusual aspect of
Egyptian history with a report on his visit to El Kab and the inscriptions there
(not all of which will meet with approval), while AE reader Olive Hogg reports
on a recent visit to the site of Akhetaten, city of Akhenaten. One piece of news that we can pass on to readers is
that many recent visitors to Egypt have spoken warmly of their welcome there and
the care that was taken over security issues. A few have commented that they
feel ‘there has never been a better time to visit Egypt’. This issue sees the conclusion of our well-received
two-part series on education opportunities in Egyptology, with a list of adult
education and open access classes throughout the UK. You’ll find this on our
centre pages, in a handy pull-out section. There are courses listed all over the
UK, from Exeter to Edinburgh. Courses include day, weekend and summer schools,
evening classes and certificate courses. Patrick Houlihan introduces the ancient
Egyptian sense of humour and suggests that all too often it is overlooked in
academic studies, to our loss. We receive a further introduction, to the modern-day
Pharaoh hound breed, a canine showing remarkable similarities to some depictions
of hounds from the ancient world. Our news section contains reports of
Egyptology events and activities worldwide as students of all stages enter into
the busiest season for classes and study days. There’s always something new to
discover in the subject, and new perspectives to be explored. As a direct result
of a recent feature in AE, a reader puts forward a suggestion for increasing our
knowledge and asks for help in progressing this. Claire Malleson is welcomed in
this issue too. Regular readers of AE Magazine will have already read some of
Claire’s features and news stories. Claire is now acting as Editorial
Assistant for the magazine, and so we can look forward to more of her work in
future issues; Claire, a veteran of many study days and summer schools (albeit a
youthful one! ) is hoping to continue her formal education in Egyptology later
this year when she will begin work towards her MA in Egyptology. We wish her all
the best for her studies. Finally, we offer a warm welcome to the increasing
number of readers who are finding our magazine on the news stands. We hope that
you enjoy this issue of AE and look forward to your company in the future. Miriam
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