Edal - Egyptian & Egyptological Documents Archives Libraries

the acronym edal, for egyptian and egyptological documents, archives, libraries, has been chosen to remind the name of elmar edel, the renowned egyptologist at the origin of the egyptological archives and library of the università degli studi di milano. ___first aim of this annual is that of making the documents kept in the milanese archives and library, and in all the other egyptological archives, libraries and museums around the world, known to the community of egyptologists as well as to archivists, librarians, collectors, bibliophilists and to all those who are interested in the history of egyptology and of ancient egypt. among the number of scientific journals, one on these topics was still missing, and we hope to fill the gap now with edal, in which articles on ancient egyptian documents will be included too. ___the idea of this annual goes back to 2001, but patrizia piacentini, its director and full professor of egyptology at the university of milan, had to wait almost eight yea