Europe, Hellas and Egypt

These nine papers are from a session of the EAA 8th Conference, held in Thessalonike in 2002, which aimed to explore Europe's fascination with Egypt, as reflected in museum collections across the continent, the history of Egyptology and new archaeological evidence for contacts between Europe and Egypt during Late Antiquity. Subjects include: evidence for the Cretans in Egypt; searching for forgotton mummies in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens; the Egyptian collection of the Archaeological Museum in Bologna; ancient Egyptian collections in Ukranian museums; Coptic music; Late Antique texiles of the Benaki Museum; the merit of past claims for the discovery of the tomb of Alexander the Great; Egypt and the Great Silk Road; the ancient Egyptian roots of the Phoenix myth. The papers are illustrated with photographs of artefacts and colour photographs of textiles.Maravelia, Amanda-Alice is the author of 'Europe, Hellas and Egypt', published 2004 under ISBN 9781841715780 and ISBN 1841715786.