by Marko Demantowsky Time to say Goodbye to the management of Public History Weekly – PHW after 11 full years of weekly editorial work including intense 10 months of development, fundraising, preparation, and of course an initial invention. You see the very last issue under my management, ed. by Cord Arendes / Stefanie Samida in…
How to Name a Pyramid and Other Things
By Johannes Jüngling (Vienna) Let us stay at Zawiyet el-Aryan for the moment, for now that we know how to read the name of the 4th-dynasty king who decided to have his pyramid built here (‘Neferka’), there is yet another topic that deserves attention: Given the knowledge about Neferka’s name, is it really that easy…
The Easiest Solution
By Johannes Jüngling (Vienna) Sometimes, the easiest solution is also the best. The simple truth behind this statement struck me once again when in the course of preparing my PhD dissertation – and a few other manuscripts – I was assessing the 4th dynasty of Egypt. Kings and Names The names of its kings, that…