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The production of these large and wide-ranging volumes would not have been possible without the assistance of many friends, colleagues, and institutions. First, I should like to thank Chloe Driscoll and Jo McCrossan, two MA students at Swansea University, for translating the German version of Gerald Moers’ chapter, and Philip Kiernan of UBC for the translation of the chapter by Ludwig Morenz and Lutz Popko, thereby saving me much time and effort, as did Michael Stammers of Swansea University who translated the French versions of the chapters of Michel Baud and Olivier Perdu. I should also like to acknowledge the services of my colleague Nigel Pollard who translated the Italian version of Paola Davoli's contribution. A particularly heavy debt of gratitude is due to the many colleagues and institutions for their assistance in collecting and granting permission for the use of photographic material. These include Dr Zahi Hawass (Supreme Council of Antiquities), Dr Wafaa el-Saddik (Director, Cairo Museum), Professor T. Hikade, Mr John Gooding, Professor David Braund, Professor R. S. Bagnall, Professor D. W. Rathbone, Professor J. Secord, Professor S. Burstein, Mr Robert Partridge, Google Earth Pro, NASA, The Louvre Museum, The Brooklyn Museum, The Trustees and Staff of the British Museum, L'Institut français d'archéologie oriental Cairo, The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, The Egypt ... log in or subscribe to read full text