This article discusses a sandstone relief in the collections of the Manchester Museum (inv. no. 3507) that has, since it arrived in the collection, been described as depicting Syrian soldiers and originating from the mortuary temple of Merenptah at Qurna. This reinterpretation of the piece instead suggests that it depicts Libyan warriors, not Syrians, most…
Review: Iron from Tutankhamun’s Tomb, by Katja Broschat, Florian Ströbele, Christian Koeberl, Christian Eckmann, and Eid Mertah
A Corpus of Nineteenth Dynasty Egyptian Pottery from Zawiyet Umm El-Rakham
This paper presents the preliminary results of research on the Nineteenth Dynasty Egyptian pottery corpus from the fort of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, located 300 km west of Alexandria within ancient Libya (Tjemeh). It focuses on defining typical shapes and characteristics of the assemblage, as well as investigating its possible origins. It presents the results of…