Volume 65 / Number 3

2024

Spotlight On: Abydos & Beyond

On The Cover: Rais Ibrahim and Matthew Kerwin (left) with workers at South Abydos in 2022; photo by Ayman Damarany.

Reminiscences of Abydos in the 1960s by Vincent Pigott
A New Lease on Life for an Old Favorite by Kevin M. Cahail
The Search for Egypt's First Kings by Matthew Adams
Discoveries at the Temple of Ramses II by Sameh Iskander
Wah-Sut: Excavating a Middle Kingdom Town by Josef W. Wegner
Wah-Sut: Investigating the Town's Evolution by Rolland Long
Conserving the Pyramid of Queen Tetisheri by Deborah Vischak and Ayman Darmarany
An Elite Necropolis in South Abydos by Emily Smith-Sangster
Festive Fragments: The Penn Museum's Malkata Collections by Jennifer Houser Wegner
Reflections of the City of the Dazzling Aten by Zahi Hawass
The Palace of Merenptah at Penn by Kevin M. Cahail
A Tomb Fit for a Lost Dynasty King by Josef W. Wegner
Digging and Displaying Ancient Nubia by Josef W. Wegner

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Vol. 65 / No. 3

By: Jennifer Houser Wegner

Festive Fragments: The Penn Museum’s Malkata Collections

During my undergraduate years at Penn, I had the privilege of taking courses on ancient Egyptian history and culture taught […]

Vol. 65 / No. 3

By: Josef W. Wegner

During an initial site survey at Abydos in 1966, David O’Connor briefly examined South Abydos: a part of the site […]

Vol. 65 / No. 3

By: Josef W. Wegner

In 1964, David O’Connor, a 26-year-old Australian Ph.D. candidate in Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, came to the […]

Vol. 65 / No. 3

By: Christopher Woods

In December, I had the chance to visit the Museum’s research site at Abydos during a trip to Egypt with […]