I am very grateful to Pen and Sword Books, and particularly Eloise Hansen, for advice and support given throughout the production of this book. I would also like to thank the following individuals and institutions. For copyright permission to use various images: The Manchester Museum; The University of Manchester (including The John Rylands University of Manchester Library); and my husband, Antony, for all images not otherwise accredited. For practical help and advice in producing the manuscript I am again grateful to my husband, and to Cosmo Graphis Imaging Ltd of Altrincham. Finally, I should like to express my gratitude to Dr Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and the Sudan at The Manchester Museum, for all his encouragement and support, and especially for contributing the Preface to this book.
Rosalie David
Manchester