The latest issue of Ancient Egypt Magazine is out now. Below is a summary of its contents.

• From our Egypt Correspondent
  Ayman Wahby Taher with the latest news from Egypt, including changes in the Luxor Museum and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
• Don't forget to pack the Piano!
  AE looks at how the early visitors to Egypt travelled the river Nile in style, on board sailing boats known as dahabeeyahs, and how you can still do so today.
• A Woman of the Gilf
  Janet Robinson travels to the Gilf Kebir in the south of Egypt and visits a newly-discovered cave full of ancient rock art.
• A Tomb with Latitude?
  John Wall asks if the ancient Egyptians knew the size of the earth and sited their buildings accordingly (and gives us his answer).
• Egypt and the Bible
  The ancient history of Egypt and the Holy Land are closely intertwined. Michael Tunnicliffe looks to see if there is archaeological proof for Biblical events.
• The Ancient Stones Speak
  Pam Scott explains how to read royal names, in the second of her articles on Hieroglyphs.
• The Dakhleh Oasis Project
  In the first in a series of articles, Professor Anthony Mills introduces the Oasis and the work of the Dakhleh Oasis Project.
• A figure from the Rider Haggard Collection
  Fiona Sheales re-discovers a forgotten wooden figure that once belonged to the great writer.
• Inspired by Egypt
  Painting like an Egyptian, by Tony North.
• Per Mesut: for younger readers
  This issue Hilary Wilson looks at scarabs.

Ancient Egypt Magazine, Empire Publications, Manchester, UK, Volume 7, No. 4, Issue 40, February / March 2007.

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Up to 5,000 tourists witnessed here on Thursday 22/02/2007 the celebration of the perpendicular sun fall on the face of Pharaoh Rameses II statue in Abu Simbel Temple in Luxor.

The captivating event happens twice per year, namely February 22, the day he ascended to the throne and October 12, his birthday.

Director of Abu Simbel Antiquities Mohamed Hamed said the sun falling perpendicular on Rameses II's face lasted for 24 minutes, starting at 06.17 local time...

5,000 tourists witness sunlight falling perpendicular on Rameses II's face, Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, February 22, 2007.

Interestingly this figure has now grown to 6,000.

6,000 tourists witness sunlight falling perpendicular on Rameses II's face, Egypt State Information Service, Egypt, February 23, 2007.