Panoramic view of the archaeological site and surrounding desert landscape, seen from an elevated vantage point.
Ancient temple façade with columns and preserved wall paintings partially exposed by the sands.
Local workers carefully clearing sand from architectural remains during archaeological excavations.
Overview of the excavated settlement with temples, monuments, and archaeological structures emerging from the desert.

News

Successful Excavation season and News

Second season of excavation

Just back from Egypt this is our report of the autumn season! We have successfully accomplished the following tasks.

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Sayed Abdel Malik and Katja Lembke with the new sign of the Roman necropolis

New signs for Tuna el-Gebel

As we consider site management an important task at Tuna el-Gebel, we commissioned an Egyptian company in Cairo to produce four new signs according to our area of research. The four signs are: “Welcome at Tuna el-Gebel” at the entrance gate of the archaeological area, “The tomb of Petosiris” next to the famous tomb, and “The Roman necropolis” and “The tomb of Isidora” next to the tomb house of Isidora. They were placed at the site on October 29th, 2018 by Katja Lembke and Sayed Abdel Malik.

Archaeologists and local workers excavating a large archaeological feature buried beneath desert sands.

First excavation

In March 2018 we started the first excavation and chose as the first site an area south of the tomb houses excavated by Sami Gabra. Here we discovered a building with a dome and a barrel vault.

Final report (english)
Final report (arabic)

Workshop participants and trainers exchanging knowledge and experience in cultural heritage management and preservation.

International Summer- and Field-School Program for Egyptian and German Restorers

In spring 2018 we held another field school as part of the “International Summer- and Field-School Program for Archaeology, Conservation and Restoration of Arts and Cultural Heritage” and is financially supported by the Volkswagen Stiftung, Germany. It is a cooperation project of the Ministry of Antiquities (MoA), Minya University, the State Museum of Lower Saxony Hanover/Germany and supported by the University of Applied Sciences HAWK in Hildesheim, Germany.

Final report (english)
Final report (arabic)