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Ancient Egypt Magazine -- Volume Three Issue Two  -- September/October  2002

Editor's Column

Our editorial team here at AE is growing - we now welcome regular contributor Patrick Houlihan as US correspondent for the magazine. Patrick will be bringing news and exhibition and museum reviews from the States, as well as providing regular features for the magazine. The second part of his illustrated feature on the Birds of the Nile Valley can be found in this issue.

The professional Egyptology community is of course an international one, united by interest in this talented and pioneering culture of the north eastern corner of Africa. Since the famous UNESCO rescue of many of Upper Egypt's monuments threatened by the building of the High Dam at Aswan, many Egyptian projects have been the successful outcome of international co-operation. In our news pages this issue, you can find a report on the inception of one of the latest: the recreation of a replica of the complete tomb of 18th dynasty monarch Sety I.

The project, under the auspices and leadership of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, looks set fair to be as successful as that of the Spanish replica of the Altamira caves, proving that the majority of visitors to cultural sites worldwide do not wish their pleasure to be at the expense of the monuments themselves.

In keeping with our tradition of bringing you diverse, and we hope, enlightening views of many aspects of Egyptian culture, written by specialists, Geoffrey Killen takes a practical approach to the subject of ancient Egyptian woodworking techniques in the first part of a three part series. Knowing more of the skills of ancient artisans brings increased pleasure in looking at the results of their work in museums throughout the world.

Our travel pages, however, are the place you can relax and visit the monuments in the company of travellers like yourselves. Regular readers have already travelled the Nile Valley in the company of Michael Oakey, editor of Aeroplane magazine and passenger on the flight of a replica Vimy bomber. Our previous aerial view of Egypt proved so popular that we are sure you will enjoy Bob Partridge's balloon-flight view of the West Bank at Luxor, even if, like Bob, you suffer from vertigo. Back on the soil – and sand – of Egypt again, we visit the unusual pyramids of Dahshur with John Dixon.

While on the subject of visits, look out in forthcoming issues of AE for more news of our reader offer – a tour of Egypt with experts Dr Steven Snape and Dr Joyce Tyldesley. A brief introduction to the tour is featured in our news pages this issue.

Also forthcoming, and as a result of reader interest, our Paris correspondent Cathie Bryan is working hard on a series for AE readers on the savants of Napoleon's expedition to Egypt. I'll be reporting (insh'Allah!) on the Australian contribution to Egyptology, and there'll also be news from Czechoslovakia on the longstanding work of the Czech mission in Egypt. See you later in the autumn for the next (international) issue of Ancient Egypt magazine!

Miriam  A Bibby

Editor

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