Kmt Magazine Summer 2008
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KMT A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt (Volumen 19 Number 2 Summer 2008) features:
Seats of Power: The Thrones of Tutankhamen – M. Eaton-Krauss
The Animal Mummies of Abu Rawash – Salima Ikram and Alain Charron
“Lost Kingdom of the Nile” Nubian Treasures from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta – Peter Lacovara
Spaces Between: The Role of Streets in Ancient Egypt – Robert E. Hughes
Finger Rings in Ancient Egypt: Their Function and Absence in Artistic Representation – Earl L. Ertman
Death in the Nile: The Birth of Egypt’s Last God – Heather Plaza – Dylan Bickerstaffe
In “For the Record”, David Moyer reviews “Egypt’s Ten Greatest Discoveries”, recently aired by the Discovery Chanel as a new two-hour documentary (that) might be called a Zahi Hawass driven show, since he was prominently featured in each of the so-called “greatest discoveries”. In fact the tenth and last discovery is the “Valley of the Mummies” at the Bahariya Oasis, one of Hawass most prominent finds.
Missing from the list is the discovery of the Rosetta Stone. This amazing slip leaves us wondering how much we would be able to appreciate “Egypt’s Ten Greatest Discoveries” if someone had not deciphered the ancient Egyptian language. Ironically, the only occasion the Rosetta Stone was mentioned during the two hour show was in the commercials for the language learning software of the same name.
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