Contents: Introduction: from Egypt to Italy. 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. Appendix 3.1: marble inscriptions from the sanctuary of Isis. Appendix 3.2: dipinti near the sanctuary of Isis. Appendix 3.3: multiples and adaptations: Io panel paintings. Appendix 3.4: graffiti quoting or, adapting Ovid from Pompeii. 4. Images of Egypt: land at the limit of belief. Appendix 4: the structure and argument of 'Juvenal 15'. Conclusion: the afterlives of objects.

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