Egypt

Russell Chamberlin describes the revelations of a recent conference on the archaeology of Cleopatra’s Alexandria.

Michael Paris describes the film record of the North African victory, and how the footage represents a tour de force in terms of wartime documentary and national effort.

Penny Young uncovers prehistoric rock art in Luxor.

King Farouk was 32 when he lost his throne on 26 July 1952.

Susan Walker looks at our image of the great queen, as a major exhibition on her life opens at the British Museum.

The ancient library of Alexandria, destroyed by fire in AD270 is to be replaced by a new great library in the city to open this year, which will also serve as a local city museum.

We may all know about Nefertiti, but what was life like for the less-famous women of ancient Egypt? Joyce Tyldesley describes the restraints and freedoms operating on daughters of Isis. 

Margaret Jervis on a new exhibition at the British Museum on the Egyptian empire.

The author of a 4000-year-old hymn to one God has been portrayed as a mad idealist who turned the civilisation of the pharaohs upside down. John Ray discusses the man and his myth.