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Acknowledgments Foreword Preface (A. Amenta M. M. Luiselli M. N. Sordi) Preface (J. Baines) Conference Programme Section I - Water in ancient egyptian literature A. Loprieno, Water and Literature in Ancient Egypt G. Cavillier, Il pXr-wr e il suo significato nella letteratura egiziana a sfondo bellico A. Gallasch-Hall, The Water in the Corpus Ermeticum - One European View C. Knigge, "He keeps the river Nile flowing, the field is full of his richness". Some Remarks on the Hymn to the Nile and Inundation and Fertilty Motifs in Post-New Kingdom Hymns and Related Texts R. Landgrafova, Water in Ancient Egypt Love Songs H. Navratilova, The "Unwetterstele" of Ahmose as a Historical Text Section II - Water in ancient egyptian history and culture Y.Koenig, L'eau et la magie J. Budka, The Third Cataract: Its Historical and Political Importance According to Royal and Private Rock Inscriptions at Tombos M. Campagno, Fighting in the Water. On "Ordeals", Kinship and State in the Contendings of Horus and Seth (Papyrus Chester Beatty I) R. Cepko, Amenemhat III et le divinites aquatiques: la politique royale dans l'oasis du Fayoum A. Fassone, Canopo e le sue acque: il fiume, il lago, il mare. Vita e religiosita in eta tardo-faraonica e greco-romana R. B. Gozzoli, Inondazione e pioggia come segno di predilezione divina durante la XXV e XXVI dinastia B. Heagren, Water Related Diseas in Ancient Egypt E. Kanitz, La gestione delle risorse idriche nell'Egitto antico e nell'Egitto moderno: un confronto K. Muhlestein, Death by Water: The Role of Water in Ancient Egypt's Treatment of Enemies and Juridical Process R. G. Tatomir, Coincidentia oppositorum et conjunctio oppositorum: The Mental Category of Water in the Ancient Egyptian Universe Section III - Water in Ancient Egyptian Religion S. Bickel, Creative and Destructive Waters