Essays in German, French, Spanish and English. Contents: The idea of civilization in ancient Indian literature and South Asian archaeology (P A Eltsov); Parthian glazed pottery from Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean trade (H Schenk); Ten rock-shelter inscriptions from Ruhuna, southern Sri Lanka (H Falk); Safar, capital of Himyar, Fifth Preliminary Report, February-March 2005 (P Yule); Der aktuelle Forschungsstand zum Grossen Damm von Marib, Jemen, nach der Winterkampagne 2005/2006 (B Vogt); New studies on Marandet (Central Niger) and its trade connections: an interim report (S Magnavita, A Maga & O A Ide); Die fruhgeschichtlichen Megalithgraber Tunesiens (R Krauss); Les techno-complexes Iberomaurusiens d'Ifri El Baroud (Rif Oriental, Maroc) (M Nami); La ceramique non decoree de l'abri de Hassi Ouenzga et le debut de l'utilisation des recipients en ceramique dans le nord-ouest du Maghreb (F Schneider); Los textiles de la tumba del Senor de Sipan, Peru (H Prumers); Analisis de dos fragmentos de un objeto textil tridimensional de la tumba del Senor de Sipan, Peru (H Farke).