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Suez area
13; Ismailiyyah
17; Suez
Alexandria area
2; Alexandria
3; Beheira
10; Menofia
Cairo area
16; Cairo
14; Giza
Faiyum area
15; Faiyum
Middle Egypt
20; Al-Minya
19; Beni Suef
22; Asyut
24; Sohag
Luxor area
26; Luxor
25; Qena
Aswan
27; Aswan
It seems that a discrepancy exists between missions located in the Luxor governorate and/or the New Valley
governorate. When information is erroneous here, please let me know, so I can correct it.
6 – Damietta
7 – Port Said
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12 – al-Sharqiya
5 – al_Daqahliya
4 – Kafr es-Sheikh
9; al-Gharbiya
11; Qalyubia
Suez
13 – Ismailiyyah
Ayn Sukhna
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
Mahmoud Abd el-Raziq, Georges Castel, Pierre Tallet, Claire Somaglino, Ifao, Paris-Sorbonne, CNRS
http://amers.hypotheses.org
Wadi el-Jarf
Pierre Tallet, Foreign Affairs Ministry, IFAO, CNRS UMR 8267, Paris-Sorbonne
http://amers.hypotheses.org/chantiers-de-fouilles-excavations/jarf
Alexandria
2 – Alexandria
Fort Qaitbay
Isabelle Hairy, Le Centre d'études Alexandrines (CEAlex)
http://honorfrostfoundation.org/isabelle-hairy-the-underwater-site-of-qaitbay/
Anfushi-Agami, Alexandria
Galina A. Belova, Russian Institute for Archaeology and Egyptology Studies, RAS, Russia
http://www.cesras.ru/deyatelnost/arheologiya/aleksandriya/artpage-2
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
3 – Beheira
Wadi al-Natrun: the wall-paintings project in Deir al-Surian and a survey around Deir Abu Maqar
Karel Innemée, Leiden University, NVIC, MoA, Egypt
http://www.institutes.leiden.edu/nvic/research/researchcoptic-nvic.html
Kom al-Ahmar/Kom Wasit, Centro Archeologico Italo-Egiziano/Università di Padova, Cristina Mondin, Mohamed
Kenawi, Michele Asolati
http://www.komahmer.com/index.html
10 – Menofia
Cairo area
16 – Cairo
14 – Giza
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COjtptOhO7c
Heit el-Ghurab, Queen Khentkawes Town & the Menkaure Valley Temple, Ancient Egypt Research Association, Giza
Mark E. Lehner, U.S.A.
http://www.aeraweb.org
https://www.facebook.com/AncientEgyptResearchAssociatesAERA?fref=ts
Italian Archaeological Mission at the Sun Temple of Niuserra, Abu Ghurab, El Badrashin, Saqqara
Rosanna Pirelli, Massimilliano Nuzzolo, Orientale University, Naples, Italia
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
http://ees.ac.uk/research/memphis-survey.html
French-Swiss Mission at Saqqara, Pyramids of Merenre, Ankhnes-Pepi II, Meretities II, Behenou, Saqqara, Giza
Philippe Collombert, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, MoA, CNRS (UMR 8167) Université Paris Sorbonne -
Paris IV, Commission des recherches archéologiques à l’étranger du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et Européennes
http://mafssaqqara.wixsite.com/mafs
Serapeum, Saqqara
Louvre Museum
Badia Mount, Agama, Abu Drurub, Ain Barka, Abu Regoum, Qata Fayer Valley, Bahariya, Giza
Frédéric Colin, Strasbourg, CNRS-UMR 7044, IFAO, France
http://www.ifao.egnet.net/archeologie/bahariya/
Dashur, Giza
DAI, MOA, Free University Berlin, TOPOI, Städtisches Klinikum München Bogenhausen, TU-München
http://www.dainst.org/en/projekt?p_auth=j2J3PumT&p_p_id=projectdisplay_WAR_daiportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_sta
te=normal&p_p_col_id=column-
1&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=2&_projectdisplay_WAR_daiportlet_mvcPath=%2Fjsp%2Fproject_display%2Fview_pr
oject.jsp&_projectdisplay_WAR_daiportlet_redirectURL=%2Fprojekte&_projectdisplay_WAR_daiportlet_javax.portlet.ac
tion=viewProject&projectId=58761
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1 – Matruh
Faiyum
15 - Faiyum
Ancient Philadelphia
Ruey-Lin Chang, IFAO, France
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/ancient/research/documenta-antiqua/history-of-ancient-law-and-
papyrology/archaeological-survey-at-philadelphia/
URU Faiyum Project, north of Lake Qarun in the Faiyum, Karanis and el-Qarah el-Hamra, Qarit Rosas, Qarit el-Hamra;
Watfa City, Faiyum
Willeke Wendrich, René Cappers, Simon Holdaway, UCLA, Los Angeles; Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen; University of
Auckland
http://www.archbase.com/fayum/project.htm
Watfa, Faiyum
Cornelia Römer, DAI, Deutschland, MoA, Egypt
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https://www.dainst.org/documents/10180/727267/eFB2015-1_R%C3%B6mer_FayumWasserversorgung.pdf/77e709e8-
7388-4510-a043-db53d28251da
Naqlun, Faiyum
Włodzimierz Godlewski, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw
http://www.pcma.uw.edu.pl/?id=1275&L=2
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/5/6/1/2/0/p561201_index.html?phpsessid=bn0ga6bb
gj4dijqcv65tgud2h6
8; North Sinai
18 – South Sinai
South-Sinai
Pierre Tallet, Paris-Sorbonne, Damien Laisney
http://amers.hypotheses.org
Middle Egypt
20 – al-Minya
Amarna Project
Barry Kemp, Anna Stevens, McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research of the University of Cambridge
http://www.amarnaproject.com/
The Amarna Coffins Project, South Toms Cemetery, Tell el-Amarna, Red Sea
Anna Stevens, Anders Bettum, EES, United Kingdom
http://www.amarnaproject.com/pages/recent_projects/excavation/south_tombs_cemetery/
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
https://tunaelgebel.wordpress.com/
19 – Beni Suef
First and Third Intermediate Period Cemetery, Ihnasya al-Medina, Beni Suef
Maria Carmen Perez Die, Spanish National Museum, Madrid, Spain
http://heracleopolismagna.es/
22 – Asyut
Bawit, Asyut
Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou, IFAO
http://www.ifao.egnet.net/archeologie/baouit/
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/all_current_projects/asyut_urban_development.aspx
24 – Sohag
Red Monastery: Conservation and Training, Job Creation, Site Management, Community Awareness, Sohag
Michael Jones, ARCE, Temple University
http://www.arce.org/expeditions/featuredexpeditions/u170
Abydos Project of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Abydos, New Valley
David O’Connor, Matthew Adams
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/academics/abydos/abydos-current.htm
Luxor area
26 – Luxor
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
Memnon and Temple of Amenhotep III, Kom el-Hetan, West Bank, Luxor
Hourig Sourouzian, DAI, Germany, MOA, Egypt
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/260538/Heritage/Ancient-Egypt/Statue-of-Amenhotep-III,--of-goddess-
Sekhmet-unear.aspx
Malqata, Luxor
Diana Craig Patch, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://imalqata.wordpress.com/
21 – New Valley
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
Projekt TT 95: The Theban Rock Tomb of Meri and Hunai, West Bank, New Valley
https://aegyptologie.unibas.ch/forschung/projekte/projekt-tt-95/
Polish epigraphic mission on the graffiti in the tomb of Ramesses VI (KV9), Luxor West Bank, Nile Valley
Adam Łukaszewicz, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, Warsaw, Poland
The Epigraphic Survey of The Oriental Institute, Epigraphic Survey mission at Chicago House, Luxor, Small Amun
Temple, Temple of Medinet Habu and Luxor Temple, Khonsu Temple, Karnak, TT 107, Tomb of Nefersekheru, New
Valley and Luxor
William R. Johnson, The Oriental Institute, Univ. of Chicago, U.S.A.
https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/current-season
Project Asasif, Polish-Egyptian Mission at the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, Middle Kingdom tombs
Patryk Chudzik, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, University of Wrocław,
Wrocław, Poland
https://www.facebook.com/projektasasif/?fref=ts
Leiden University Mission to the Theban Necropolis, TT45, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Luxor
Carina van den Hoven, The Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Steffie van Gompel, Leiden University, The Netherlands
www.stichtingael.nl
Brazilian Archaeological Program in Egypt (Bape), TT123 and TT368, Sheikh Abd El Qurna, New Valley
José Roberto Pellini, Federal University of Sergipe, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), University of São Paulo
(USP), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary, MoA
https://www.facebook.com/BAPEresearch
Polish Archaeological Mission in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna (Hermitage in Tombs 1151 and 1152), New Valley
Tomasz Górecki, National Museum in Warsaw, Poland
http://www.polacynadnilem.uw.edu.pl/sezony/2014-2015/misje-polskie-egipt/245-szejch-abd-el-gurna-szejch-abd-el-
gurna/
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
The Nefer-hotep Project, TT49, TT 187, TT 362, TT 363, Kampp -347- and -348), El-Khokha, New Valley
Maria V. Pereyra, Buenos Aires Uni, Argentina
Oliva Menozzi , University of Chieti and Pescara, Italy
https://www.facebook.com/conservationegypt
South Asasif Conservation Project, Nespakashuty (TT312), Karabasken (TT 391), Karakhamun (TT 223), Irtieru (TT 390),
Asasif, New Valley
Elena Pischikova
http://www.southasasif.com/
Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Conservation Mission at the Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahari, New Valley
Zbigniew E. Szafrański, University of Warsaw, Poland, MOA
http://www.templeofhatshepsut.uw.edu.pl/en
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Polish-Egyptian-Mission-in-the-Temple-of-Hatshepsut-at-Deir-el-Bahari-
608863649251113/posts/?ref=page_internal
Middle Kingdom Theban Project – University of Alcalá Expedition to Deir el-Bahari, West Bank, Luxor
Middle Kingdom tombs TT 103, TT 313, TT 315, TT316, TT 366 and tombs in the eastern section of Deir el-Bahari northern
hill.
Antonio Morales, Universidad de Alcalá, Ministry of Science and Universities, Palarq, Spain
https://www.facebook.com/pg/MiddleKingdomThebanProject/posts/?ref=page_internal
http://thebanproject.com/en/home-2/
Mission Archeologique de Thebes Ouest/MAFTO, Ramesseum of Ramses II, Luxor, Tomb of Ramses II, King's Valley,
New Valley
Christian Leblanc, Louvre Museum, France, MOA, Egypt
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
http://www.asramesseum.org/pages/les-publications-de-l-asr/rapports-preliminaires.html
Italian Mission of the Temple of Millions of Years of Amenhotep II, New Valley
Angelo Sesana, T. Quirino, CEFB - Centro di Egittologia Francesco Ballerini, Italy, MoA, Egypt
http://www.cefb.it/scavi.htm
https://www.facebook.com/C.E.Francesco.Ballerini
restoration of Seti I, KV 17, human remains’ studies, KV 40, KV 64, Valley of the Kings, New Valley
Susanne Bickel, Elina P. Grothe, University of Basel, Switzerland, MoA, Egypt
https://aegyptologie.unibas.ch/forschung/projekte/university-of-basel-kings-valley-project/
Life histories of Theban Necropolis, TT84, TT95, K453, K555, Swiss Mission at Sheikh 'Abd el-Qurna
Susanne Bickel, Basel University
https://lhtt.philhist.unibas.ch/
TTC3 Amenhotep, TT29 Amenemope, TT96 Sennefer, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, New Valley
Laurent Bavay, Université libre de Bruxelles, Dimitri Laboury, Université de Liège
http://crea.ulb.ac.be/Thebes.html
Qurna Area, Deir el-Shelwit and Mut Temple Improvements, New Valley
John Shearman, ARCE, MoA
http://www.arce.org/conservation/currentconservation/u27
Undecorated tombs, KV 21, 27, 28, 44, 45, 60, Valley of the Kings, New Valley
Donald P. Ryan, Pacific Lutheran University, U.S.A.
http://community.plu.edu/~ryandp/egypt.html
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
Kharga Oasis el-Deir Mission, Kharga Oasis, Deir el-Mounira, New Valley
Gaëlle Tallet, University of Limoges, France
http://oasis.unilim.fr
Min Project, Tomb TT 109, Kamp 327, Sheik abd el Gurna, New Valley
Canarian-Tuscan Archaeological Mission
http://www.min-project.com/en-gb/home.aspx
TT286 Niay, and TT159, Raia, conservation training of MoA conservation employees to open these tombs for visitation
by ARCE Luxor, USAID
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
25 – Qena
Naqada, Qena
Geoffrey Tassie, University of Winchester, EES, Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society, Rowland’s project with the
Newton Institutional Links – ‘Egypt’s Earliest Heritage’, UK
https://www.ees.ac.uk/naqada
Aswan
27 - Aswan
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
WASRAP - Wadi Abu Subeira Rock Art Project, Abu Subeira, Aswan
Gwenola Graff, UMR 208 Paloc, IRD-Museum National d’Hisyire Naturelle de Paris, Adel Kelany, Supreme Council of
Antiquities (MOA) petroglyphs dating to the Late Palaeolithic era (c. 15-20.000 years ago)
http://giscenter.gov.eg/wadi-abu-subeira
Sudan
http://www.sfdas.com/fouilles-et-prospections/autres-fouilles-francaises/article/sai?lang=en
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
www.mogratarchaeology.com
Archaeology in Central Sudan: the el-Sahla project Italian Mission, South of Omdurman
Donatella Usai, Sandro Salvatori), Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Centro Studi Sudanesi e Sub-Sahariani
http://www.centrostudisudanesi.org/CSS%26S.html
Qatari Mission for the Pyramids of Sudan restoration and preservation of over forty Nubian royal pyramids, al-Begrawiya
area in Nahar Al-Neel (River Nile) State
http://www.qsap.org.qa/en/
• United Kingdom
Amara West
Neal Spencer, British Museum, National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums, Sudan, University of Durham,
University of Manchester, University of Aberystwyth, Purdue University
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/all_current_projects/sudan/amara_west_research_project.as
px
Kurgus, 4th-5th cataract, 40 km south Abu Hamed, River Nile State, Sudan
Andrew Ginns, Sudan Archaeological Research Society (SARS), British Museum
http://www.sudarchrs.org.uk/fieldwork/fieldwork-kurgus/
• France
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
Sai Island
Vincent Francigny, University Charles-de-Gaulle-Lille3
http://www.sfdas.com/fouilles-et-prospections/autres-fouilles-francaises/article/sai?lang=en
El-Hassa
Vincent Rondot, CNRS
http://sfdas.com/fouilles-et-prospections/fouilles-programmees-de-la-sfdas/article/el-hassa?lang=en
Muweis
Marie Millet
http://sfdas.com/fouilles-et-prospections/autres-fouilles-francaises/article/mouweis?lang=fr
Kadruka and the Neolithic in the Northern Dongola Reach – Mission Néolhitique QSAP 06
Philippe Chambon, Olivier Langlois, Pascal Sellier
http://sfdas.com/fouilles-et-prospections/fouilles-programmees-de-la-sfdas/article/kadrouka?lang=en
• Germany
Naga Project
Sylvia Schoske, Dietrich Wildung, SMAEK, Muenchen, Germany
http://naga-project.com/
• Poland
Old Dongola
W. Godlewski, centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw
http://www.pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/pcma-newsletter/2013/late-roman-byzantine-and-medieval/dongola-sudan/
Banganarti, Selib
Bogdan Zurwaski, centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw
http://www.pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/pcma-newsletter/2011/late-roman-byzantine-and-medieval/banganarti-selib-sudan/
Early Makuria
Mahmoud El-Tayeb, Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw
http://www.pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/pcma-newsletter/2011/late-roman-byzantine-and-medieval/early-makuria-research-
project-zuma-sudan/
• USA
Bioarchaeology of Nubia Expedition (BONE) Project
Brenda J. Baker, Arizona State University
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Current working missions in Egypt and Sudan – updated January 8th, 2019
http://www.arce.org/chapters/northerncalifornia/events/2016/05/u1030/lecture-sudanese-antiquity-new-insights-from-
the-bioarchaeology-of-nubia-expedition-bone
• Italy
Sanam Abu Dom (Modern Merowe)
Irene Vincentelli, Istituto italiano per la storia antica, Roma
• Sudan
Meroe Archival Project
Anna Lucille Boozer, University of Reading, Intisar Elzein Soghayroun, University of Khartoum
http://www.meroecity.org/index.html
Al-Khandaq
Intisar Soghairoun, University of Khartoum
http://www.alkhandaqproject.comoj.com/
Gebel Barkal
Timothy Kendall, Al-Hassan Ahmed Mohamed, National Corporation for Antiquities & Museums, NCAM
http://www.jebelbarkal.org/
el-Kurru
International Kurru Archaeological Project in Sudan
http://elkurrukush.blogspot.pt/
Jebel Sabaloka (West Bank) and the Sixth Nile Cataract (exploration of prehistoric occupation)
Lenka Varadzinová Suková, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague
http://cegu.ff.cuni.cz/en/research/projects/field-projects/sudan/jebel-sabaloka/
Tombos
Stuart Tyson Smith, Michele R. Buzon, UCSB and Purdue Uni
http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/stsmith/research/tombos.html
Joint Italian-Russian archaeological mission in Abu Erteila
Eugenio Fantusati, Eleonora Kormysheva
http://www.ismeo.eu/portfolio_page/abu-erteila-sudan/
Acknowledgements
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