Seven contributions on recent developments in the archaeology of early Christian settlements and structures in Egypt, the Near East and Europe. Subjects include: evidence for the early Church in Egypt from small sources; an early Christian church in Sandanski; newly discovered frescoes in the Grotto of St Paul in Ephesus; an investigation of a Coptic letter; the tombs of the church of Ala Miliaria and the vandalic invasion; a chariot scene from the Commodilla Catacombs and portraits of leading Austrian figures in the field of Christian archaeology. Concludes with a 1999 bibliography of Austrian publications on Late Antiquity and early Christian archaeology.