Digging by the book
A new department for foreign archaeological missions was created earlier this year. Seven months down the line Jill Kamil and Nevine El-Aref talk to Supreme Council of Antiquities Secretary-General Zahi Hawass about the additional rules and responsibilities required of missions working in Egypt

Writing on the wall
Four hundred demotic graffiti have been discovered at the Abu Gamusa quarry in Minya. Nevine El-Aref describes their significance