This collection of papers, four of which are in German, is devoted to the sociocultural relations of the Hapsburg monarchy and Egypt, in its historical context. It covers travel interests from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, political negotiations around the Eastern question, and cultural interests of artisits and collectors. Table of Contents Sigismund Neukomm (1778-1858) und die Faszination des Alten Ägypten (Konrad Antonicek); Österreichische Orientmaler als Reisebegleiter berühmter Persönlichkeiten im 19 Jh (Angela Blaschek); The eighteenth century Franciscan missionaries of the Czech crown lands and their first-hand accounts of Levant, Egypt and Ethiopia in the perspective of the so-called Orientalism (Marek Dospel); Alois Negrelli Ritter von Moldelbe und der Suezkanal (Roman Gundacker); Austrian architects on the Nile (1869-1914) (Johanna Holaubek); Leopold Carl Müller's travels to Egypt with a special remark on his eighth trip, on which he was accompanied by his sister Maria (1883/4) (Peter Jánosi); The reception of ancient Egypt in the collection of Emperor Rudolph II (Lucie Jiráskova); Travellers to Egypt in 1920s and 1930s (Adéla Macková); The Oriental policy of Habsburg monarchy in the first half of the nineteenth century and Anton Prokesch von Osten as its remarkable diplomat (Roman Míšek); Venceslas Kramerius and bookworm travelling in the early 1800s (Hana Navrátilová); Africa and the counts of Berchtold at Buchlau (Pavel Onderka); Österreichische reisende bei der Eröffnung des Suezkanals (Anna Selander); Slatin Pasha (Erich Sommerauer); Glimpses of social history: Austrians in Egypt (Edith Specht); František Lexa in Egypt (An account of the 1930-1931 study trip to Egypt, undertaken by the founder of Egyptology in Czechoslovakia) (Lenka Suková).