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Discovering the Lost Half of a Papyrus
Jac. Janssen reunites the separated parts of a papyrus, one half in the British Museum and the other in Amiens in France, and deciphers its text.

So you want to know about ... The Royal Mummies and the Valley of the Kings
Dylan Bickerstaffe helps to identify the most useful and available books and web-sites.

The Egyptian Royal Family
Aidan Dodson gives an overview of the key members of a pharaoh’s family.

Egypt, 1905: a Footnote to History
Mark Trumpour discovers the records of a visit made to Egypt by his grandfather a hundred years ago.

The Opet Festival
The great festival which was held for the first time in the New Kingdom in ancient Thebes still has echoes today. Andrew Hamilton investigates.

The Hidden Collection
Charlotte Booth discovers an Egyptian collection in the Grange Museum in Neasdon, North London.

100 years ago: the discovery of the tomb of Yuya and Thuya
AE Editor, Bob Partridge, looks at what was, at that time, the largest and most valuable archaeological discovery made in the Valley of the Kings.

Inspired by Egypt: Ancient Egypt in Kensington.
AE discovers a modern building influenced by ancient Egypt

Archive Image: Egypt Then and Now
Early and modern photographs of the temple of Karnak.

Ancient Egypt on the Small Screen
AE looks at recent TV documentaries on ancient Egypt.

PHARAON in Paris
Cathie Bryan visits a major exhibition in Paris.