DECEMBER 2022
“One hundred years ago this month, Howard Carter first peered into the tomb of Tutankhamun and saw the “wonderful things” that would inspire a century of fascination with Egypt’s golden age. But while there’s no doubting the magnificence of the tomb’s treasures, the boy king’s reign would have seemed far less glittering to those living at the other end of the social spectrum. In this month’s cover feature (from page 56), Guy de la Bédoyère explores the brutal reality of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty.