1. Introduction
2. The making of an Interpretatio Arabica of ancient Egypt
3. Treasure hunting
4. Medieval Arab archaeological methods and descriptions
5. Medieval Arab attempts to decipher ancient Egyptian scripts
6. Medieval Arabic concepts of ancient Egyptian religion
7. Egyptian Mummia, mummification and burial practices in medieval Arabic sources
8. Egyptian science in medieval Arabic sources
9. Egyptian kingship and state administration
10. Conclusions.