Contents: Egypt on its Way to an Early State: The Nile Delta and the Valley (Tatjana A. Sherkova); Ancient Memphis and the Helleno-Roman World: A Short Note (Galina A. Belova); Among the Hidden Treasures of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens: Searching for Forgotten Mummies (Amanda-Alice Maravelia); Les Figurines Obscenes de la Collection Egyptienne du Musee Municipal de Limoges (Ashraf Alexandre Sadek); From the History of Archaeology: The Destruction of the Late Antiquity Necropolises in Egypt reconsidered (Maya Mueller); Knowledge Engineering at the Russian Institute for Egyptology in Cairo and at the CES/RAS, Moscow (Edward Loring); The Shifting Foundation of Ancient Chronology (Leo Depuydt); Sothic Dates in Egyptian Chronology (Anne-Sophie Goddio-von Bomhard); Looped Pile Weaves at the Benaki cation of Techniques and the Technology Museum: More Observations on the Classi of Textiles (Sophia Tsourinaki); Origins of the Sd-Festival: On the History of a Hypothesis (Alexej A. Krol).

This volume represents the papers given at a session of the 8th EAA Conference held in Thessalonike in 2002. The session was based around four themes: The links between populations of Egypt and Europe (especially Hellas) in ancient times; the impact of the advent of Alexander the Great, and the current excavations in Alexandria; the political, economic and cultural contacts between Europe, Hellas and Egypt especially during the LP, Helleno-Roman and Early Christian (Coptic) Periods; and aspects of the history of European Egyptology and those European museums holding Egyptian antiquities today. The 9 papers are: (1) The Cretans in Egypt Galina A. Belova; (2) Among the Hidden Treasures of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens: Searching for Forgotten Mummies Amanda-Alice Maravelia and Eleni Cladaki-Manoli; (3) The Egyptian Collection of the Archaeological Museum in Bologna: Past and Future Daniela Picchi; (4) Ancient Egyptian Collections in Ukrainian Museums: The Case of B.I. & V.N. Khanenko's Museum in Kiev Sergej V. Ivanov; (5) La Musique Copte Ashraf-Alexandre Sadek; (6) Late Antique Textiles of the Benaki Museum with Bucolic and Mythological Iconography Sophia Tsourinaki; (7) Fantastic Discoveries in Archaeology: The Case of the Tomb of Alexander the Great Harry E. Tzalas; (8) Egypt and the Great Silk Road Tatjana A. Sherkova; (9) The Ancient Egyptian Roots of the Phoenix Myth: On the History of the Problem Helena G. Tolmatcheva.

These nine papers are taken from a session at the EAA conference held in Esslington in 2001 which dealt with themes of interest to both the Egyptological community and to European archaeologists alike. The contributors deal with a range of subjects: recent Russian and Hellenic investigations in Egypt; the history of European Egyptology; political, cultural and economic contacts between Europe and Egypt in Dynastic, Hellenic-Roman and early Christian periods; links between ancient populations of Europe and Egypt drawing on anthropological data.

The study of astronomy in ancient societies is becoming ever more popular among archaeologists as is reflected in this collection of twelve papers been taken from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists Eighth Annual Meeting held in Thessaloniki in 2002. It becomes clear that astronomy is considered as an important motivation for the construction of many monuments across the ancient world. Divided into three sections, the contributions discuss archaeological, and astronomical, evidence from ancient Egypt, prehistoric and Hellenic Europe and, in one paper only, Mesoamerica. In addition to examining specific monuments, sites and buildings, the papers discuss what these reveal about the cosmology and technical ability of a range of cultures. Supported throughout by astronomical diagrams.

Contents: Prologue: Temoignage (Adel Sidarus); Introduction (Amanda-Alice Maravelia); 1) Cette Obscure Clarte qui tombe des Etoiles: Les Fetes de Fondation et de Dedicace du Temple d'Edfou (Bernard Arquier & Nadine Guilhou); 2) Tenebres et Lumieres: A Propos d'une Scene Representee a la Fin du Livre de la Nuit (Anne-Sophie Goddio-von Bomhard); 3) A Bronze Aegis of King Amasis II in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Sergej Ivanov); 4) Weni the Elder and his Royal Background (Naguib Kanawati); 5) The Growth of Plants in the Light of the Sun-God (Silvia Wiebach-Koepke); 6) Quelques Etincelles de Lumiere Egyptienne pour la Theorie Nostratique: Une Lueur venue de l'Ancien Egyptien, du Copte, de l'Afro-Asiatique (Jean-Pierre Levet); 7) Les Astres selon l'Hymne Orphique Homonyme et des Textes (Funeraires) Egyptiens: Aspects d'une Metaphysique de la Lumiere (Amanda-Alice Maravelia); 8) Lux et Lex: Les Six Pharaons Legislateurs, d'apres Diodore de Sicile (Bernadette Menu); 9) The Sun's Rays and the Divine Image of Ramesses II (Alicia Meza); 10) The Corn-Mummy KS 342 of the Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna (Daniela Picchi); 11) Solar Notions, Rituals and Images in Pre-Dynastic Egypt (Tatjana A. Sherkova); 12) Les Hypocephales: Une Glorification Lumineuse d'Osiris (Brigitte Vallee); 13) Les Coptes vus par le Voyageur Johann Michael Vansleb au XVIIe Siecle (Gilbert-Robert Delahaye); 14) Philological Thoughts about the Theological Meaning of Light in Some Ancient Egyptian Words (Brigitte Gode); 15) L'Aveugle de Naissance ayant miraculeusement trouve la Lumiere, selon la "Vieille" Version Biblique Egyptienne (Bohairique B4-B74, pBodmer III, Ioan., IX) (Rodolphe Kasser); 16) De l'Ane a Roulettes a l'Ame de Lumiere: pour une Lecture Iconographique du Chapiteau de la Fuite en Egypte de la Cathedrale d'Autun (Bernadette Sadek); 17) A Narrow-Sleeved Woollen Tunic from Byzantine Egypt (Sophia Tsourinaki); 18) The Monastery of Saint Macarius in the 16th Century (Youhanna Nessim Youssef); Epilogue: Conclusions, CV & Bibliography of Dr Ashraf Sadek (Amanda-Alice Maravelia).

Examines the evolution of astronomical thought, as well as the various astronomical and cosmovisional ideas in pharaonic Egypt (circa 2800 -1200 BCE).