Nile Magazine

Nile Magazine Love ancient Egypt? Issue 43 is out now! Get a free sample at www.nilemagazine.com.au You'll find that NILE is different. www.nilemagazine.co.uk

Nile is the world's premier print magazine dedicated to your passion for ancient Egypt. It is smart, punchy and pops with fabulous, high-quality, colour photographs! If you love ancient Egypt then you'll love every bi-monthly issue of NILE Magazine.

More than 5,000 years ago, a fleet of large boats was buried out into the Abydos desert.No fewer than 14 full-sized wood...
23/08/2026

More than 5,000 years ago, a fleet of large boats was buried out into the Abydos desert.

No fewer than 14 full-sized wooden boats have been unearthed since they were first discovered in 1991.

Each consists of a boat-shaped mud-brick superstructure encasing an actual wooden hull, around 25 metres long.

They most likely date to Egypt’s 1st Dynasty. While Egyptologists are unsure of which dead pharaoh was served by the fleet, we can be confident they were meant for royal journeys across the sky.

Behind is the great, mud-brick enclosure known as the Shunet el- Zebib. It is Egypt’s oldest surviving funerary temple, built for King Khasekhemwy at the end of the 2nd Dynasty, ca. 2660 B.C.

From the current issue of Nile Magazine ( #43).

Photo: Kenneth Garrett / Alamy.

Cheers,
Jeff Burzacott, Editor

Egypt’s sovereigns weren’t opposed to creating fabulous new visions of themselves, fit for the afterlife.Regardless of h...
21/08/2026

Egypt’s sovereigns weren’t opposed to creating fabulous new visions of themselves, fit for the afterlife.

Regardless of how they actually looked, pharaohs are usually shown in the prime of their life, vigorous and godlike.

Tutankhamun’s statue shown here is a far cry from the recent, popular image of a hobbled, frail pharaoh. But which is the truth?

Find out in the current issue of Nile Magazine ( #43).

Photo: Kenneth Garrett / GEO Image Collection / Bridgeman Images.

Cheers,
Jeff Burzacott, Editor

A life in the balance.In the Weighing of the Heart ceremony, the deceased’s heart - carrying the burden of their deeds ...
19/08/2026

A life in the balance.

In the Weighing of the Heart ceremony, the deceased’s heart - carrying the burden of their deeds in life - is measured against the feather of Maat.

Sometimes, as shown here, a small figure of the goddess appears on the balance scale instead. Naturally, the deceased is always shown to have passed the test.

This example of the Weighing of the Heart comes from the 18th Dynasty tomb of the scribe Menna (TT 69).

From the current issue of Nile Magazine ( #43).

Photo: Cavan Images / Alamy.

Cheers,
Jeff Burzacott, Editor.

Recognise this temple?What we see here is an 'Egyptian' temple on a 'foreign planet' in the Californian desert! It's fro...
17/08/2026

Recognise this temple?

What we see here is an 'Egyptian' temple on a 'foreign planet' in the Californian desert! It's from the movie Stargate.

The exterior scenes of the alien planet, Abydos, were shot in California’s Buttercup Dunes.

Egyptologist Stuart Tyson Smith, who recreated the ancient Egyptian language for the movie, later recalled the surreal image when one of the writers took him out to the desert “to show me something cool”:

“When we crested the dune, there was a full-scale Egyptian temple façade buried in the sand, and suddenly I was transported to a different time and place.”

From the current issue of Nile Magazine ( #43).

Photo: Cavan Images / Alamy.

Cheers,
Jeff Burzacott, Editor.

This relief of the god Min, shown in his characteristically rigid pose, was uncovered during excavations at Koptos (mode...
15/08/2026

This relief of the god Min, shown in his characteristically rigid pose, was uncovered during excavations at Koptos (modern Qift) by Flinders Petrie around 1893.

It dates to the Second Intermediate Period—around 1630 B.C. during the 17th-Dynasty reign of King Intef V.

Min of Koptos was revered as the divine embodiment of male creative potential, and therefore of eternal, life-giving energy.

Behind Min, tall lettuce plants grow from an irrigated plot. The ancient Egyptians compared the plant’s milky juice with semen, and so lettuce became symbolic of Min’s cult, as well as of fertility and sexuality.

From the current issue of Nile Magazine ( #43).

Photo: Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology (Acc. No. AN1894.106B) / Heritage Images / Alamy.

Cheers,
Jeff Burzacott, Editor

Among the many, many, MANY highlights at the new Grand Egyptian Museum are Tutankhamun's magnificent chariots.This gleam...
14/08/2026

Among the many, many, MANY highlights at the new Grand Egyptian Museum are Tutankhamun's magnificent chariots.

This gleaming detail comes from one of the chariots discovered by Howard Carter in the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV 62).

Due to the sumptuous gilded decoration, Carter referred to it as Tutankhamun’s ‘State Chariot’ (Cairo JE 61989, Carter No. 120).

This scene from the chariot’s interior shows the young king as a sphinx, upholding his pharaonic responsibilities and trampling a vanquished Nubian.

The hieroglyphs above and left of the gorgeous rosette describe Tutankhamun as “Lord of the Two Lands (and of) all the lands.”

From the current issue of Nile Magazine ( #43).

Photo: Robert Harding / Alamy.

Cheers,
Jeff Burzacott, Editor. See less

A long-forgotten space in the Great Pyramid of Giza, last seen 4,500 years ago.The North Face Corridor is large enough t...
14/08/2026

A long-forgotten space in the Great Pyramid of Giza, last seen 4,500 years ago.

The North Face Corridor is large enough to accommodate several people, but there are no footprints or any other signs of human activity.

The chamber hasn’t been accessed since the king’s burial around 2570 B.C.

This image was captured by a tiny endoscopic camera, just 5 mm wide, pushed through an opening behind the lower chevron blocks.

The similarity to the top relieving chamber above Khufu’s Burial Chamber is striking.

Could this be the space above the ceiling of a hidden chamber below?

From the current issue of Nile Magazine ( #43).

Jeff Burzacott, Editor.

Great news! Nile #43 is out now - the Mythbusting issue!On the cover is the ‘boy king’, Tutankhamun. There have been so...
11/08/2026

Great news! Nile #43 is out now - the Mythbusting issue!

On the cover is the ‘boy king’, Tutankhamun. There have been so many theories about what ended his young life: from murder to malaria, from a chariot accident to a hippo attack. But what really killed King Tut? We examine the evidence and debunk some long-held theories.

Also in this massive mythbusting issue…

HOW THEY BUILT THE GREAT PYRAMID
It was enormous ramps, right? Wrong. A new, evidence-based explanation for how they did it.

STARGATE AND ABYDOS
What do the real Abydos and the Hollywood Stargate version have in common?

HIDDEN VOIDS OF GIZA
Cutting-edge technology is challenging what we thought we knew about the pyramids.

FOREIGNERS AND CHAOS
When things went bad, the ancient Egyptians found a scapegoat: foreigners.

A LOST TREASURE
How did parts of an amazing hoard of exquisite vessels end up on the other side of the world?

PLUS
Nile Style, Looking Back, Events and Exhibitions, and the sensational photography that NILE is famous for.

Download a free sample here: www.nilemagazine.com.au
Subscribe to the fabulous print edition here: bit.ly/Nile_Print
Or get the digital version: bit.ly/Nile_Digital

As always, enjoy your Nile time!

Jeff Burzacott, Editor

This beautifully crafted dagger was buried with Princess Ita, daughter of pharaoh Amenemhat II, nearly 4,000 years ago. ...
27/07/2026

This beautifully crafted dagger was buried with Princess Ita, daughter of pharaoh Amenemhat II, nearly 4,000 years ago. Today, it is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

For many years, weapons found in the tombs of royal women were generally regarded as symbolic objects.

A new study challenges that assumption. Researchers examined the skeletal remains of several Middle Kingdom princesses, analysing X-rays, muscle attachment sites and bone injuries. Based on their findings, they argue that some of these royal women may actually have trained with bows or handled weapons. Others, however, remain unconvinced, pointing out that the evidence can be interpreted in different ways.

It's a reminder that even discoveries made over a century ago can still inspire new questions and fresh debates.

Jaap at Nile Magazine

Shades of Cleopatra, anyone?Gold snake armlets like this were popular in late Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt (1st century B.C...
20/07/2026

Shades of Cleopatra, anyone?

Gold snake armlets like this were popular in late Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt (1st century B.C.-1st century A.D), when Egyptian symbols were embraced through Hellenistic and Roman lenses.

For the Egyptians, serpents were associated with protection, regeneration, and divine authority. In a Greco-Roman context, snakes likewise gave energy and healing vibes.

Armlets were worn high on the upper arm. The larger snake head would have been worn facing in, towards the body, indicating that this armlet was meant to be worn around the left arm. Beyond adornment, these armlets likely served an apotropaic role, invoking the protective qualities of the serpent.

The armlet went to auction by Sotheby's in June this year. The estimate was 20,000 - 30,000 USD. The reason it went for 230,400 USD? Because we can imagine Cleopatra wearing it.

Address

62 Wimborne Road
Bournemouth
BH37AR

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Nile Magazine posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category