Karnak-Nord X. Le Trésor de Thoutmosis Iᵉʳ- La céramique. FIFAO 65. Photographie Dedicated by the author to

Dedicated by the author to Madame Sauneron

Cretan Studies XX

constitutes the centerpiece of an ideological debate

rich in anecdotes and sometimes in criticism

Karnak-Nord X. Le Trésor de Thoutmosis Iᵉʳ- La céramique. FIFAO 65. Photographie Dedicated by the author toThe study of the thousands of ceramic shards that littered the stratified floors included in the very limited perimeter of the Treasury of Thutmose I at Karnak North and its immediate surroundings makes it possible to follow the evolution of indigenous ceramics in the southern part of Egypt from the beginning of the Middle Kingdom to the Roman period. It also reveals the extent of the contacts that the Theban region had with neighboring regions and