Journal Contents: WAMCAES NEWS 2, Winter 2003

• King Taharqa at Thebes - Michael Birrell.
• Mummymania: Mummies, Museums and Popular Culture - Jasmine Day.
• Contributions made to the History of the 5th Dynasty by the Czech Excavations in the Cemetery of Abusir in Egypt - Gae Callender.
• All in a Day's Work: an interview with Amany Mounir Hanna - Jacquie Gregson.
• I'm Really Here: Notes on a first trip to Egypt - Christine Mair.
• FOCUS point - The Pyramid of Meidum; - Heather Tunmore.
• Objects from the collections - Bes - a god for mothers, children and the
household - Moya Smith.

RIGHT: Sunken relief from the 4th Dynasty tomb of Nefermaat at Meidum, now in the Cairo Museum. Nefermaat was a son of the pharaoh Sneferu. The figures include inlaid coloured paste.

PHOTO: PAOLO SCREMIN, OXFORD EXPEDITION TO EGYPT