About the Author

Eric Hornung, Ph.D. (1965) in Egyptology, University of Tuebingen, is Professor emeritus, University of Basel. He has written numerous publications on Ancient Egyptian religion, history, and chronology. Rolf Krauss, Ph.D. (1981) in Egyptology, Free University of Berlin, teaches at Humboldt University, Berlin. He has published extensively on Egyptian chronology and astronomy, most recently Astronomische Konzepte (Wiesbaden, 1997).