Ian Shaw is lecturer in Egyptian archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is author of "Ancient Egyptian Warfare and Weapons," co-author (with Paul Nicholson) of "The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt "and "Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology," and the editor of the "Oxford Illustrated History of Ancient Egypt." He has published articles in various journals and books, and has excavated in Europe, Egypt and North America.
Robert Jameson is a freelance writer and archaeologist. He is also co-author of a monograph titled "Hatnub: An Ancien...