‘Love, War, and Diplomacy’ by Eric H. Cline review
In Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed, Eric H. Cline hears the voice of the pharaohs.
Egypt
Cypriot Graffiti in Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian monuments are covered in graffiti made by visitors from Cyprus. Why were they there, and what does it mean?
The British Empire’s Brothels
British servicemen overseas bought sex, sometimes in brothels run by the British army. In the 1970s they began to talk about it.
Nasser, Suez, and the Muslim Brotherhood
As Nasser moved to nationalise the Suez Canal in 1956, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was forced to choose between faith and freedom.
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
Can The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra and The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies fashion a finale for the pharaohs?
Why Egypt Went to War in 1973
In 1973, Egyptian soldiers hoisted their flag over Sinai, smashing the myth of Israeli invincibility. Fifty years on from the October War, who claims the victory: the president or the people?
Signs of the Zodiac: The Dendera Dating Controversy
How ancient was ancient Egypt? How old is the world? And what happens when archaeology contradicts the Bible? When the Dendera Zodiac arrived in Paris, these questions exploded into the public sphere.
A Life of Retirement
The Roman veterans village of Karanis in Egypt did not change the world. Its ordinariness is what makes it remarkable.
Hotel Days
Diplomatic negotiations at the 1921 Cairo Conference carved out a new geostrategic order.
Tutankhamun: The Black King?
The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 reopened arguments about the presumed race of the ancient Egyptians. Were they Black, and why did it matter?