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Allerhand Kleinigkeiten' offers a collection of so far unpublished articles. It covers a wide range of topics, from funerary culture to self conception of Egyptology.0The first part includes papers dealing with funerary and religious topics. In 'Stiftung und Wohltätigkeit im Alten Ägypten' is given a summary of research on pious foundations and their relation to charity in Ancient Egypt. The question of why there is a remarkable rupture in funerary habits at the end of the 2nd millennium BCE is discussed in '1. und 2. Bestattung in der 3. Zwischenzeit'. A summary of sources and scientific approaches to pharaonic ancestorship is given in 'Ancestor Veneration and Ancestor Cult in Pharaonic Egypt'. The question of the ontological status of 'god' is approached from a Derrida'ian angle in 'Wie gibt es?Gott? im pharaonischen Ägypten? Oder: Grammatologie und Praxis eines Konzeptes und seiner Epoche (Neues vom Netscher, Teil II)'.00.