From tent to technology
The Royal Ontario Museum recently celebrated the centenary of its commencement of work in Egypt and Nubia. Roberta Shaw describes the museum's projects, its modest but important collection and its plans for the future

Saqqara finds laid bare
On a mound just a kilometre northwest of the Serapeum at Saqqara, a mission from the Japanese Institute of Egyptology at Waseda University has made two significant discoveries. Nevine El-Aref visits the site