Papers from the International Colloquium on Islamic archaeology held in Cairo in February 1993. From early lead-glazed wares from Fustat (George Scanlon), to decorated Islamic ceramics in Sicily (Franco d'Angelo), to the plan of the palace of al-Mu'tasim at Samarra (Alastair Northedge), effects of the Norman Conquest on Islamic Sicily (Alessandra Molinari), medieval communication routes in Iraq (Axelle Rougeulle), and the transformation of ancient Alexandria into a medieval city (Mieczyslaw Rodziewicz). Papers in French and English.