We are pleased to announce the publication of the Festschrift Erythraea: Äthiopistische und äthiosemitische Beiträge für Rainer Voigt zu seinem 80. Geburtstag, edited by Klaus Geus, Shabo Talay and Zeus Wellnhofer.

Erythraea is dedicated to Berlin-based Semiticist and Ethiopianist Rainer Voigt on his 80th birthday. The volume brings together two dozen contributions on the language, culture and history of various peoples and nations on the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, written in honour of the great researcher by his students and colleagues. The spectrum of the volume—from ancient Egypt to the Axumite era and Arabic translations to the magic scrolls of Ethiopia and customary law in modern Eritrea – also reflects the broad research interests of the octogenarius princeps.

The commemorative publication is edited by colleagues specialising in ancient history and Semitic studies at Freie Universität Berlin, Prof. Voigt's long-standing place of work.