Volume 15 of the International Journal for Egyptian Archaeology and Related Disciplines deals with a wide spectrum of archaeological and scientific investigations of cultural and historical artefacts, ranging from Nubia and Egypt to Syria and Mesopotamia. L D Morenz analyses the controversial stela of Em-hab from the Second Intermediate Period and M Bietak and I Forstner-Mueller present a preliminary report on the 2004-2005 excavations in the palace district at Ezbet Helmi/Tell el-Dab'a. Other contributions from L Badre, M C Boileau, R Jung and H Mommsen; H Barnard, A N Dooley and K F Faull; J Bourriau, M De Meyer, L Op de Beeck and St. Vereecken; B Glueck; N Moeller; R Pruzsinszky; A von den Driesch, D Kessler, F Steinmann, V Berteaux and J Peters. Introduction in English and German, 5 papers in English, 4 in German.