 Areas
This section contains information which is general, concerned with specific areas of Egypt (other than the Nile Valley), or is scientific or technique-related. There are also links to online articles which focus on items of general interest. For excavations and fieldwork at locations in these regions, see below.
Sites and Excavations
A collection of current archaeological excavation, survey and archiving projects that are ongoing or only recently concluded. The very essence of modern Egyptology is the marriage between library work and excavation. This shows the hands-on experience of extracting the data from the ground before it can be assessed. I have listed them alphabetically by site/area, and will add more as I find them. Headings of new additions highlighted in red.
Areas
Bahariya Oasis
http://touregypt.net/featurestories/haiz.htm
Information about some of the sites to be found at Bahariya Oasis
http://touregypt.net/featurestories/bahariyahistory.htm
History of Bahariya Oasis
http://touregypt.net/TEBlog/bahariyanews/
Bahariya news blog
Dakhleh Oasis
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/dakhlahistory.htm
This is a feature article on the Touregypt website which describes Dakhleh and the sites that can be found there
Faiyum: Prehistoric and Predynastic Faiyum, Southern Cairo and the Western Delta
http://www.faiyum.historians.co.uk
www.faiyum.com
A detailed and comprehensive description of the Faiyum during the Qarunian and earliest Neolithic, the Neolithic sites of Merimda Beni Salama and El Omari in the southern Cairo area, the Maadi-Buto sites in the Cairo and Western Delta, and the Late Predynastic Naqada II and Naqada III expansion into Lower Egypt.
Farafra Oasis
http://www.touregypt.net/farafra.htm
Brief information on the Touregypt site about Ancient Egypt in Farafra Oasis
Gilf Kebir and Gebel Uweinat
http://www.uweinat.com/
Excellent descriptions and photographs on the “Libyan Desert Home Page” are provided by a travel company specializing in trips to this remote area. It covers archaeology, history, geography and the environment, and provides maps and landsat images. Well worth a look.
http://www.gilf-kebir.de/index.htm
A photo-journal of a trip from Cairo to the Gilf Kebir and Gebel Uweinat. Big photographs with lots of detail really give you a feel for the Western Desert and what it is like to travel there.
http://www.fjexpeditions.com/
The Libyan Desert Home Page with dedicated archaeology pages and some excellent images.
http://www.zarzora.com/gallery/?PHPSESSID=244d37c1dc6d3c53b9ecf7c0fb6f932d
Photographs of different aspects of the Gilf Kebir
http://www.sahara-overland.com/collection/index.htm
Maps of the area
http://swopnet.com/geo_mileshome/COS.html
http://www.swopnet.com/geo_mileshome/Clayton_pix.html
Cave of Swimmers Home Page
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/gilfkebir1.htm
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/gilfkebir2.htm
Tour Egypt’s summary of the area, written by Allan Watson in two parts, with excellent photos
Kharga Oasis
http://www.touregypt.net/Kharga.htm
A short description of Kharga oasis, with details on how to get there.
Libyan Desert
http://www.fjexpeditions.com/
This is the website of FJ Expeditions, and describes the geography, history and exploration, archaeology, fauna and flora of the Libyan Desert (which includes the Western Desert of Egypt and Nubia). There is some excellent information and some very fine photographs (as well as fascinating lansat images) on this site, which is well worth a visit. The expeditions look rather good too!
Survey and Excavation Projects in Egypt (Specializing in contacts with Sinai and Palestine)
http://www.deltasinai.com/sepe-00.htm
The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto has a project with three main objectives, and this site represents their activities. Their objectives, quoted on their website are:
“(1) an examination of the relations between Egypt and her neighbours, concentrating on the East Delta and Sinai, (2) the excavation, analysis, and reconstruction of all aspects of the Late Period settlement of Tell Tebilla (East Delta), and (3) investigating the more neglected aspects of Egypt's exploitation of and interaction with South Sinai.”
Sites and Excavations
Abusir - Archaeological Season 2003-2004
http://egyptologie.ff.cuni.cz/Report_Abusir_2003_2004.pdf
BROKEN LINK - TO BE CORRECTED
Excellent interim report by the Czech Mission (Czech Institute of Egyptology, Prague) excavating at the pyramids of Abusir, with description of the excavation, plans and photographs. 10 page PDF file.
Alexandria
http://www.franckgoddio.org/
After being hidden for centuries, the sunken Royal Quarters in the Eastern Harbour of Alexandria were discovered by Franck Goddio and his team in co-operation with the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Al Khokha
http://www.waseda.jp/prj-egypt/sites/TT-E.html#al-Khokha
Site details from 1982
Private tomb, tomb No. 241 in the Theban Necropolis, was excavated over two seasons. It dates to the reign of Tuthmosis III of the 18th Dynasty.
Tomb of Amenmesse (KV10)- Valley of the Kings
http://www.kv-10.com/
Last updated 2005, with promises to update re season 6 at the end of that season
A website dedicated to the site of KV10, with complete details about the project, the team, the work carried out each season, site plans, photographs, publications, links and contact details.
Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/amheida/
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/amheida/html/home.html
Last updated 2005
“The excavation at Amheida is a part of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, an international venture studying the interaction between human settlement and the environment over the long span from the earliest human presence in the oasis to modern times. Amheida itself has remains spanning nearly three millennia. The first phases of excavation have concentrated on the late Roman period, with a fourth-century AD villa; coming seasons will add investigations of a workshop area and the temple”. To find your way off the home page click on “Navigate the Site” which is a poorly highlighted link in the top grey horizontal margin. Or just click here instead.
Amarna - Capital City of Ancient Egypt
http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/Projects/Amarna/home.htm
Last updated July 2005
This is a terrific site. It is a bit of a pain to navigate - it has Russian Doll syndrome - but it is stuffed full of information about the excavations that have taken place at Amarna, with plans, photographs, 3-d simulations and excellent textual descriptions. This is a truly wonderful resource for anyone interested in the archaeology of Amarna. You really will have to bear with the navigation - I ended up printing the whole lot off and sorting it in a lever arch file in, what to my mind, was a rather more logical fashion. But stick with it - it is worth it.
Dakhleh Oasis Project (Monash University)
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/archaeology/dakhleh/index.html
(LINK CURRENTLY BROKEN - WILL UPDATE WHEN NEW LOCATION FOUND)
The Dakhleh Oasis Project (DOP) is a long-term regional study of the interaction between environmental changes and human activity in the closed area of the Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt, but including the larger area of the Palaeoasis. The study includes all the time since the first incursion of man in the Middle Pleistocene, perhaps 400,000 years ago, down to the 21st century oasis farmers, and all the human activity and all the changing environmental conditions for which there is evidence within the time period.
Dashur North Expedition
http://www.waseda.jp/prj-egypt/sites/Dhshr-E.html
Last updated December 2003
Online reports of all eight seasons at Dashur. Complete with site and artefact photos, maps, computer reconstructions and full bibliographies. This is a very comprehensive site.
Deir al-Barsha
http://millennium.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/bersha/
Last updated 2003
Details of the excavations carried out during 2002, 2003 and 2004 by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven at this important Middle Egyptian site. The site has a good introduction, describing the different periods during which the area was occupied (Old Kingdom, First Intermediate, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, Graeco-Roman and Coptic), the different sorts of site under analysis (tombs, quarries etc) and how Deir al-Barsha has been divided into different zones for practical purposes. The website also provides an invaluable map of the area, from which the zones can be more easily understood. Different projects which have taken place over different seasons are described, and there are some useful photographs. The website is attractive, informative and easy to navigate. For some super panoramic views, see:
http://millennium.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/fotolab/pages/Panorama/Barshaindex.htm
Last updated 2004
Djehuty Tomb Excavation, Thebes
http://www.excavacionegipto.com/index.jsp
http://www.excavacionegipto.com/campana/campana04_ing.jsp
Last updated February 2005
The first of these links is the original and entire Spanish-language website, and the second is the English-language summary. The Spanish description reads: “Excavación, restauración y publicación de las tumbas de Djehuty y de Hery, nos. 11 y 12 en Dra Abu el-Naga, una de las necrópolis de la orilla oeste de la antigua Tebas, en la región de Luxor. Se espera, además, que las tumbas sean abiertas al público una vez finalizados los trabajos”. This is roughly translated as “Excavation, restoration, and publication of the tombs of Djehuty and Hery, numbers 11 and 12 in Dra Abu el-Naga, one of the necropolises of the western valley in ancient Thebes in the Luxor region. We hope, in addition, that the tombs will be opened to the public once the works are finished” (my translation).
Dra' Abu al-Naga'
http://www.waseda.jp/prj-egypt/sites/TT-E.html#Dra'%20Abu%20al-Naga'
Last updated 25th January 2003
Five seasons of work at the Theban Tombs TT 333, W-4, W-5 and W-6 are described in brief.
El Hosh Rock Art
http://www.nvic.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=&c=30#El-Hosh
Last Updated 2004
In March-April 2004, a Belgian-Egyptian team, sponsored by the Fund for Scientific Research – Flanders and directed by Dirk Huyge of the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, continued rock art research at the sites of El-Hosh, on the west bank of the Nile, about 30 km south of Edfu. In addition to further recording, excavations were undertaken at several locations in order to find archaeological traces of the creators of the rock art. These activities led, amongst others, to the unexpected discovery of an intact tomb of the Naqada II period.
Giza Plateau Mapping Project
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/GIZ/Giza.html
Last Updated March 2005
The site introduces the project as follows: “dedicated to research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, the construction and function of the Sphinx, the Great Pyramids, the associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity. Lehner is a pioneer in the use of state-of-the-art computer graphics and remote sensing technology to model the ancient configuration of the Giza Plateau. In addition he has collaborated with an architectural firm to produce a detailed computer model of the Sphinx which is of exceptional value both as a research tool and to guide current conservation efforts.” The site discusses the project and at the same time describes the excavations at the site, season by season.
Giza Archives Project
http://www.gizapyramids.org/code/emuseum.asp?newpage=index
Last updated 2005
“The single longest-running Giza excavation took place between 1902 and 1947, undertaken jointly by Harvard University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). Directed by George A. Reisner, the "Harvard–MFA Expedition" unearthed thousands of Giza artifacts, and amassed the largest archaeological documentary archive of any Giza expedition. This archive is housed primarily in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and, to a lesser extent, at Harvard University. With the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the MFA has made major strides since 2000 toward preserving and making this Giza archive available online. With the possible future addition of excavation archives from other expeditions (1903-present) and institutions, the Giza Archives Project Web site aims to become the world's central repository for the archaeological history of the site”.
Giza - Mark Lehrner Excavation Project
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/excavation/
Last updated 1997
This site is a bit all over the place and not a particular pleasure to navigate (only in my opinion, at any of course, and it is probably due to when it was created), but there is some good information lurking on it if you stick with it, an interview with Mark Lehrner, some photos of the excavations, and some general background information about the pyramids as well as other content.
Hawara
http://fayum.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/hawara/intro.htm
Last updated 2000
“The main aim of this project is the realization of a topographical dictionary of the Fayyum in Ptolemaic-Roman times. In this study papyrological documents are combined with epigraphical and archaeological evidence in order to get a better knowledge of the Graeco-Roman occupation of the Fayyum and its evolution”.
The Tomb of Harwa
http://www.harwa.it/index.htm
Last updated 2005
The Italian Archaeological Mission in Luxor (former Archaeological Mission of the Milan Museum in Egypt) initiated excavations in Egypt at the Tomb of Harwa (TT 37) in 1995. The tomb is located on the West Bank of Luxor in front of the temple of Hatshepsut. Available also in Italian and Arabic.
Hierakonpolis Online
http://www.hierakonpolis.org/Default.htm
The site for the ancient town of Hierakonpolis (ancient Nekhen), which had an extensive Predynastic presence in Egypt. The home of the Palette of Narmer and the earliest known decorated tomb in Egypt, (amongst many other firsts) Hierakonpolis is one of the most important early sites of ancient Egypt. The site contains quite a lot of detailed information, including a map of the Hierakonpolis site, and descriptions of different elements of the town. It also offers Nekhen News, a newsletter containing information about the latest activities at Hierakonpolis. There is an archive of Nekhen News on the site, and this has been updated recently to include many more editions of the newsletter. This site is always being updated so it is a good idea to come back and visit it on a regular basis to keep up with what’s new.
Hierakonpolis @ Archaeology Magazine
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/index.html
Last updated April 2005
The website of Archaeology Magazine also features a series of articles about Hierakonpolis from the point of view of the excavators and the post excavation work. This is a good site which contains, amongst other things, a week-by-week description of the excavations at “the elite cemetery” and “Narmer’s temple”, staff profiles, Nubian pottery and animal burials. A good site which is updated on a seasonal basis, so keep an eye on it.
Kafr Hassan Dawood
http://www.e-c-h-o.org/khd/
Updated 17th August 2003
A website dedicated to the ongoing excavations at the important Predynastic/Early Dyastic eastern Delta site, usually referred to as KHD. KHD dates to the period of State Formation in Egypt. This comprehensive and interesting site provides seasonal reports, profiles of the team members, an overview of techniques used, and puts the site into its cultural context.
KV10 - Tomb of Amenmesse - Valley of the Kings
http://www.kv-10.com/
Last updated 2005, with promises to update re season 6 at the end of that season
A website dedicated to the site of KV10, with complete details about the project, the team, the work carried out each season, site plans, photographs, publications, links and contact details.
KV63 - Valley of the Kings 2006
http://academic.memphis.edu/egypt/kv63.html
The University of Memphis page dedicated to the KV63 excavation, with a list of links to news articles and photographs, together with brief details of the team.
http://www.karyben.blogspot.com/ (see February 2006)
A blog written by one of the team members from the KV63 excavation
http://www.kv-63.com/pages/1/index.htm
The dedicated website for KV63, currently under construction, as of February 2006.
http://tinyurl.com/e2uy8 (National Geographic)
A good summary of the find immediately after its discovery in early February 2006
The Spatial Structure of Kom el-Hisn
http://www.acagle.net/dissertation/disspage.html
Written in 2001
The online version of Tony Cagle's dissertation, completed as part of his PhD submission: "The nature of Old Kingdom settlement patterns is poorly understood due to a lack of well-excavated sites of a variety of sizes and locations. Most of our knowledge of Old Kingdom settlement function comes from epigraphic sources and a few excavations of towns located next to and servicing temple and mortuary complexes. Consequently, there is little data regarding the ways in which the bulk of the population interacted economically. Some have suggested that rural towns and villages were largely self-sufficient in basic goods and services, articulating with the central authority through taxes and corvee labor requirements. Others argue that many settlements were directly administered by agents of the king and court and were dependent on and integrated into the national economy. Resolution of this issue has been hampered by a lack of well-excavated settlements of a variety of sizes and spatial distribution. The purpose of this research is to investigate in detail the spatial structure of a single site, Kom el-Hisn, located in the Delta region". Okay, so Tony is an online friend of mine, but this is a great piece of work - if you are interested in the Old Kingdom, take a look.
Kom Firin
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/aes/excavations/firin1.html
Last updated November 2004
The British Museum has now completed three seasons of fieldwork at Kom Firin in the Western Delta, directed by Neal Spencer. Several factors led to the choice of this site for a new fieldwork project. It presents an extensive amount of archaeological deposits above the water table, an important consideration in the Delta, where excavations would otherwise require a water-pump. Kom Firin provides the opportunity to investigate a settlement and its temple(s) in the Western Delta, an area having received little systematic archaeological exploration, despite its undoubted strategic importance throughout much of the late second and early first millennium BC. Furthermore, like many sites in the region, it is under serious threat from the encroachment of agriculture.
Malqata South
http://www.waseda.ac.jp/projects/egypt/sites/Msouth-E.html#The%20Prehistoric%20Survey
Last updated 25th December 2003
As part of the University of Waseda’s exploration of Malqata South they have inaugurated a Prehistoric Survey which looks at the prehistoric finds located at Malqata South, including Palaeolithic artefacts. Also available in Japanese.
Temple Precinct of Mut, Karnak, Luxor (Dig Diary)
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/features/2005/mut/ (2005)
Updated February 2005
"Since 1976, the Brooklyn Museum has been carrying out archaeological work at the Temple Precinct of the Goddess Mut . . . at South Karnak . . . . The Museum’s team, which has shared the site with an expedition from Johns Hopkins University since 2001, continues to explore how the Mut Precinct grew and what its inscriptions reveal about ancient Egyptian religion and life. Both expeditions are also devoted to the conservation and restoration of the site’s monuments". This page has the 2005 Dig Diary of the excavations at the Temple of Mut (famous for its astonishing quantities of statues of Sakhmet), with some terrific photos.
Updated 2006
http://www.jhu.edu/neareast/egypttoday.html
The dig diary for 2006, with links to previous seasons as well. This site has many lovely photographs, accompanied by explanatory text for the entire season’s excavations. Some of the key artefacts include a statue of Tiy (or one of the other wives of Amenhotep III), and a massive head of Hathor. See the website above for the full story.
Nahal Tilleh
http://dss.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy/Tillah/
As you can probably tell from the name, this site is not in Egypt, but in the southern Levant. However, it is included here because the objective of the excavation is to examine links between Egypt and the southern Levant. Finds include an early serekh with the Horus name of King Narmer:
http://dss.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy/Tillah/serekh.html
All of the links from the home page work, but some of those linking to pages that can be accessed from the home page do not work on other pages - so you will need to navigate back to the home page to see other areas of the site. Pages include a good introduction, a list of staff and details of some of the excavation work undertaken.
North Kharga Oasis Project
http://www.aucegypt.edu/academic/northkhargaoasissurvey/pages/home.html
Last updated 2004
“The North Kharga Oasis Survey (NKOS) is a 5-year project of the American University in Cairo and Cambridge University and is co-directed by Corinna Rossi and Salima Ikram. It started in 2001 with the aim of recording the evident archaeological remains in the northern area of the Kharga Oasis, that lies some 175 Km west of Luxor in Egypt's Western Desert.”
Meidum Pyramid - Architectural Study
http://www.egyptologues.net/pdf/pyramides/meidum.pdf
Description, architectural plans and photographs of the interior of the Pyramid of Meidum
Sais
http://www.dur.ac.uk/penelope.wilson/sais.html
Last updated Summer 2004
This site describes the Egypt Exploration Society/University of Durham Mission to Sais, also known as Sa el Hagar. Sais was an important multi-period site which has Predynastic levels that contribute significant information about the period preceding state formation. It continued to be important in Ptolomaic times. The website has a good introduction to Sais and gives a season by season breakdown from 1997 to 2004, with some very good photographs. Work at Sais continued in 2005, but the website has not yet been updated.
Saqqara Online
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/saqqara/homepage.htm
Last updated March 2005
The Leiden Excavations in the New Kingdom necropolis at Saqqara. This site is designed to tell visitors about the team's motivations, expectations, and achievements. Includes a digging diary. A good site.
Saqqara - Unis and Teti Cemeteries
http://www.egyptology.mq.edu.au/Saqqara.htm
Last updated 2002
Brief descriptions of the excavations by Macquarie University at Saqqara. These really are VERY brief.
Saqqara Risk Map
http://www.egittologia.unipi.it/pisaegypt/risk_map1.htm
Updated 27th May 2001
“The Office for Italian Foreign Affairs, General Direction for the Cooperation to the Development, with the scientific support of the University of Pisa, Department of Ancient History, according to the International Agreement with the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, is realizing a "Risk Map" for the archaeological area of North Saqqara . . . . Aim of the project is the elaboration of an informative system finalized to the management and the protection of the cultural heritage of Saqqara, the greatest necropolis of the ancient capital Memphis, submitted, in the last decades, to a, always increasing, environmental degrade”.
Tomb of Senneferi, Valley of the Nobles
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/tt99/
Updated July 2005
Nigel Strudwick's award winning site about his excavations at the Tomb of Senneferi. The dig actually ended in 2002, but this is a super overview of what it is like to excavate a Theban tomb. There is a lot of great information, excellent photographs, including a slide show, and a virtual tour (in QuickTime).
SEPE - Southern Sinai and Eastern Delta
http://www.deltasinai.com/sepe-10.htm
Last updated 2004
“SEPE (Survey and Excavation Projects in Egypt), directed by Dr. Gregory Mumford, is based at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto. It is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and private donors. The objectives of this project are broad, but include:
(1) an examination of the relations between Egypt and her neighbours, concentrating on the East Delta and Sinai,
(2) the excavation, analysis, and reconstruction of all aspects of the Late Period settlement of Tell Tebilla (East Delta), and
(3) investigating the more neglected aspects of Egypt's exploitation of and interaction with South Sinai.”
Shaikh 'Abd al-Qurna
http://www.waseda.jp/prj-egypt/sites/TT-E.html#Shaikh%20'Abd%20al-Qurna
Updated 25th January 2000
Theban Tombs 128, 129, 317, and 318. Four seasons of excavations are described in brief.
Campaigns at Shenhur (Upper Egypt)
http://millennium.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/shenhur/The_Shenhur_Page.htm
Updated 26th June 2001
Since 1992 an archaeological and epigraphical mission is active on the site of Shenhur. The mission is a joint undertaking of the K.U.Leuven, sponsored also by the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (NFWO), and the Université Charles de Gaulle at Lille.
Sikait Emerald Mine Excavations (Eastern Desert)
http://www.egypt-archaeology.com/Sikait1a.html
No update date listed
In 2003 Sikait, a Roman town some 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) northwest of Berenike and deep in the vast maze of mountains and wadis of the Eastern Desert. Several reasons lead to the decision to start working in this extremely isolated location. The purpose of this town, housing the people responsible for the only large-scale emerald mining area in the Roman Empire, makes it an unique monument on its own. Some of the buildings of Sikait, and the nearby settlement of Nugrus, are in a surprising state of preservation. Although most roofs are long gone, one can still walk through the 1600-year old doors into long deserted rooms and look through windows over a landscape that was once bursting with human activity. What makes the work urgent is the rapid degradation of these monuments. Besides the accelerating damage done by water erosion and tectonic activity, visiting tourists have taken their toll on these priceless monuments in recent years.
Tell Abqa’in (Western Delta)
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~zan/abqain/HOME.HTM
Last updated June 25th 2002
Liverpool University excavations of the Western Delta fortress of Ramesses II.
Tell el-Balamun (Northern Delta)
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/aes/excavations/balamun/balamun2.html
Last updated 2003
Excavation began in 1991 and has continued each Spring since. As a city-mound in the fertile land of the Nile Delta, excavation at Tell el-Balamun is very different from work on the desert sites of Egypt, the ground being compact and muddy. Having attracted only limited attention from previous excavators, so little was known about this site that it proved possible to make major discoveries very rapidly.
Tell el-Ginn (Eastern Delta)
http://grepal.free.fr/uk/Tell_ElGinn.pdf
Last updated 2004
A site in the far Eastern Delta with remains dating from Naqada II to the Graeco-Roman period. A summary of the 2004 excavation, with photographs, illustrations and maps, from 2004. A 10-page report in PDF format.
Tell Ibrahim Awad (Eastern Delta)
http://cf.uba.uva.nl/apm/44e.htm
Last updated 2004
Very brief one or two paragraph reports on the 12th, 13 and 14th seasons of excavations.
The Theban Mapping Project
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/
Updated regularly
The Project was set up to record for posterity the Theban necropolis. Their website is an excellent and highly professional piece of work, containing the results of their survey and research endeavors, including full details (history, measurement, description and photographic tours) of every tomb in the Valley of the Kings. The site posts details about their latest work, and timescales for their latest projects. You can also sign up for their email newsletter.
Valley of the Kings- Amarna Royal Tombs Project
http://www.valleyofthekings.org/vofk/default.htm
Last updated 2002
It aim is to elucidate information about those tomb which are considered to be Amarnan in the Valley of the Kings. Set up in 1998, it’s stated purpose is to: “undertake controlled stratigraphic excavation in the Valley of the Kings, ancient Egypt's principal burial ground” focusing on KV55 and KV62. This site gives an overview of the seasons’ activities between 1998 and 2002, and provides links to articles about the project, and promises a video section.
Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham
http://www.zurdig.com/HomeFrame.htm
http://www.zurdig.com
Last updated August 2004
This site is dedicated to fortified settlements thought to date to the time of Ramesses II. It provides short overviews of the role of the forts and looks at the above site in particular. The site’s introduction reads: “Along Egypt's Mediterranean coast and down the western edge of Nile Delta lie the little known, fragmentary remains of what is believed to be a chain of fortified settlements dating to the reign of the pharaoh Ramesses II (c.1278-1212BC). It is thought that these were primarily intended to be a first line of defence against Egypt's western neighbours, several semi-nomadic groups generally known as ‘Libyans’. This website will let you explore these fortresses and the ancient world of which they were part, as well as providing information on the ongoing archaeological excavation at one of them”. Last updated in April 2004. The top link takes you straight to the introductory page. The second link is the title page, but be warned if you are at work - you get a short but loud fanfare of music when you access it! My speakers were turned up quite high for my Internet phone, and I nearly had heart failure.
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