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This volume is a catalog of the ancient Egyptian imports and Egyptianizing artifacts found in 1962 during the excavation of a cave near Tsoutsouros (ancient Inatos), Crete, Greece. The cave was a sanctuary dedicated to the Minoan and Greek goddess Eileithyia. The Aegyptiaca of the Minoan and Mycenaean eras on Crete signify the political and economic relations between the Aegean rulers and the Egyptian royal court. Several of the objects are Egyptian scarabs, and they certainly represent official Egyptian-Cretan affairs, especially those dating from the reign of Amenophis III to the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Much of the cataloged objects come from the 10th to 7th centuries B.C., and they are appropriate for venerating the goddess of childbirth and motherhood. The statuettes, seals, and vessels are lavishly illustrated with plates of color photographs.

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Professor Gu nther Ho lbl is an Austrian Egyptologist and ancient historian at the Institute for Egyptology, University of Vienna. Dr Philip Betancourt is Emeritus Professor at Temple University, USA. Dr Athanasia Kanta is former director of the Herakleion Archaeological Museum in Crete, Greece. Dr Costis Davaras is Professor emeritus, University of Athens, and Co-director of the Mochlos Excavations. Konstantinos Chalikias is a classical archaeologist with research interests in the island archaeology of the Aegean world. He is Adjunct Professor at Arcadia University, USA.

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