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The article describes the publication of a new stela of the Chief Treasurer Maya from the time of Tutankhamun-Horemheb, with a long hymn to the rising sun. The stela, which was in the possession of Linant de Bellefonds, is only known through a handwritten copy by Auguste Mariette. There is no doubt that it comes from Maya's tomb in Saqqara. The stela shows Maya standing before the deities Atum and Re-Horakhty. The lower part of the stela consists of 20 lines of hieroglyphic text, with the last 3 lines almost completely destroyed. The text consists of two parts: lines 1-8, a hymn to the rising sun, and lines 8 and following, a concluding prayer with a list of blessings that the speaker, Maya, hopes to receive from the sun god. The hymn is an original composition or variation, while the prayer is based on the composer's personal oral improvisation. There are parallels to other inscriptions from the time of Amenhotep III to the end of the dynasty, but the arrangement is unique. The exact meaning of some passages remains uncertain. The Linant stela dates from the New Kingdom and is the only known source from this period. It is the counterpart to a limestone stela that was originally placed on the south side of the west wall of the portico in the outer courtyard of Maya's tomb in Saqqara. The stela was discovered together with three statues and a block in the Leiden National Museum of Antiquities. It is believed that the stela was found before the Lepsius expedition, which explored the tomb in the 1840s. The stela contains hymns to the sun god Re-Horakhty and the night sun god Osiris. The given list includes a number of books and articles on various topics related to ancient Egypt. The mentioned works deal with topics such as Egyptian religion, hieroglyphs, tombs, and texts from the New Kingdom. Various authors and their works are also listed. The list does not provide cohesive information or a main focus, but serves as a reference for further research in the field of Egyptology. The text describes various scientific publications and research in the field of Egyptian archaeology. Various topics are covered, including excavations in Saqqara, the representation of the afterlife in ancient Egypt, and the significance of inscriptions and reliefs. Specific artifacts and tombs are also mentioned, such as the stela of Maya and the tomb of Kheruef. The publications come from different years and were written by different authors. [Extracted from the article]

Since predynastic times, baboons (Papio hamadryas and Papio anubis) were important in ancient Egypt for ritual and religious purposes. These species did not occur naturally in Egypt and therefore had to be imported, but little is known about their exact provenance and the conditions in which they were kept through time. Here, we analyse the skeletal remains of a collection of baboon mummies coming from Thebes (Egypt), representing a minimum of 36 individuals, from a palaeopathological and demographic point of view. The pathological cases are described, figured where relevant, and the discussion attempts to understand their aetiology. The prevalence of the different types of deformations and pathologies is compared with that of other captive baboon populations from more or less contemporary (Tuna el-Gebel and Saqqara) or older (predynastic Hierakonpolis) sites. This is combined with observations on the age and sex distribution and the proportion of hamadryas and anubis baboons to draw conclusions about the conditions of keeping, possible breeding on-site, provenance of the animals and the trade routes used for import. As in Tuna el-Gebel and Saqqara, the baboons from Gabbanat el-Qurud suffered from numerous metabolic diseases due to chronic lack of sunlight and an unbalanced diet. This and the demographic data suggest that there was a local breeding population derived from animals captured downstream from the Sudanese Nile Valley (for anubis) and from the Horn of Africa or the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula (for hamadryas). A new series of radiocarbon dates is provided, placing the baboons from Gabbanat el-Qurud between the end of the Third Intermediate Period and the beginning of the Late Period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An ancient Egyptian crocodile mummy (MHNL 90001591, Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France) dating to the Roman period and discovered at Kom Ombo (Upper Egypt) was analysed through synchrotron multiscale microtomography. Using this advanced technology, the virtual autopsy of the animal was carried out without affecting the bones, flesh, balms and linen bandages. The technique allows for the precise analysis of the specimen's bones and tissue, enabling us to establish the cause of death and the last meal(s) of the animal. From these data, we can conclude that this crocodile was hunted while living in the wild. This is the first evidence for this mode of obtaining animals to produce mummies. With this case study, it is apparent that the praxis related to the mummification of animals in ancient Egypt are more diverse than the current Egyptological reconstruction of that phenomenon. • Hunting as a source of animals to produce mummies. • Highlight to the cause of death and the last meal(s) of a crocodile. • Virtual autopsy of a crocodile mummy through 3D Synchrotron Imaging. • Diversity of the praxis related to the mummification of animals in ancient Egypt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]