Cover; Half-title; Frontispiece; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of color plates; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Historical Context and Framework; Egypt in Italy: Reconsidering, Recontextualizing; Images of Egypt; 1 Egyptian Objects, Roman Contexts; The Riches of Egypt: Trade, Production, and the "Egyptian" Aesthetic; Egyptian Imports in Italy; Egyptian Monuments, Made in Italy; Style and Substance: Egyptian Eclecticism; Egypt in the Empire; 2 Aegyptus Redacta; Augustus' Egyptian Obelisks

Celebrating Conquest: Victory Monuments and the Spoils of EgyptKingly Monuments in the Roman City: The Tomb of Cestius and the Egyptian Aesthetic; Educating Roman Eyes: Augustus' Obelisks, Described in Rome; Augustus' Obelisks in Rome: Circus Maximus and Campus Martius; 3 The Sanctuary of Isis in Pompeii; Decoration and Function of the Sanctuary of Isis; Cult and Community: The Isiaci; Display and Redisplay, Dedication and Devotion; Text and Context: Io and Isis in the Ekklesiasterion; 4 Images of Egypt; Nilotica: The Land and People of Egypt in Roman Art

Egypt in the Empire: The Vatican Nile and Louvre Tiber"Between Neighboring Ombi and Tentura": The Geography of Egypt in Juvenal 15; Conclusion; Notes; Introduction; 1 Egyptian Objects, Roman Contexts: Appropriation and Aesthetics; 2 Aegyptus Redacta: Augustus' Obelisks and the Spoils of Egypt; 3 The Sanctuary of Isis in Pompeii: Dedication and Devotion, Myth and Ritual; 4 Images of Egypt: Land at the Limit of Belief; Works Cited and Consulted; Abbreviations; Works cited or consulted; Index; Plates