egypt_expeditions001003.jpg
Egyptophile.com - Expeditions and Projects in Egypt
egypt_expeditions001002.jpg
egypt_expeditions001001.jpg
This site is not yet all inclusive.  You are encouraged to send us information on expeditions that we have not yet included, or corrections to those that we have.
 
Active Expeditions
 
Amenmessa Project and KV63
     Location - Valley of the Kings
     Director - Otto Schaden
     Project web site - www.kv-63.com
     Donation information - Make checks payable to Amenmessa Project
                                      Mail to - The Petty Foundation, 7110 Old Farm Road, Littleton, CO  80128
 
Theban Mapping Project and KV5
     Location - Valley of the Kings
     Director - Kent Weeks
     Project web site - http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/  
     Donation information - Make checks payable to Theban Mapping Project
                                      Mail to - The American University in Cairo, 420 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018

The Animal Mummy Project
     Location - Cairo    
     Director - Salima Ikram
     Project web site - http://www.animalmummies.com/
     Donation information - Make checks payable to Animal Mummy Project
                                      Mail to - The American University in Cairo, 420 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018
 
The Amarna Project
     Location - Amarna   
     Director - Barry Kemp
     Project web site -http://www.amarnaproject.com/
     Donation information - Make checks payable to Amarna Research Foundation
                                      Mail to - The Amarna Research Foundation, 16082 East Loyola Place, Aurora, CO 80013
 
The Oriental Institute Epigraphic Survey
     Location - Luxor 
     Director - Ray Johnson
     Donation information - Make checks payable to Chicago House
                                      Mail to - University of Chicago, The Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
 
The Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project
     Location - Luxor 
     Director - Peter Brand
     Project web site - http://history.memphis.edu/hypostyle/
     Donation information - Make checks payable to Karnak Hypostyle Hall Project
                                      Mail to - Egyptian Institute, Comm. and Fine Arts Building, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152
 
The Valley of the Kings Expedition
     Location - Luxor 
     Director - Don Ryan
     Project web site - http://www.plu.edu/~ryandp/egypt.html
     Donation information - n/a
 
The German Archaeological Institute
     Locations - Abu Mina, Abydos, Buto, Dra Abu el Naga, Elephantine, Heliopolis, Maadi, Pharan, Siwa 
     Director - Gunter Dreyer  
     Deputy Director- Daniel Polz
     Project web site - http://www.dainst.org/abteilung.php?id=265
     Donation information - n/a
 
The University of Arizona Egyptian  Expedition
     Location - Luxor 
     Director - Richard Wilkinson
     Project web site - http://web.arizona.edu/~egypt/
     Donation information - n/a
 
Ancient Egypt Research Associates
     Location - Giza workers village
     Director - Mark Lehner
     Project web site - http://www.aeraweb.org:80/
     Donation information - Donate by credit card at https://www.process-secure.biz/aeraweb.org/donate.asp
 
Historical Expeditions
 
KV62 - The Tomb of Tutankhamun
     Location - Valley of the Kings
     Director - Howard Carter, Sponsor - Lord Carnarvon
     Web sites:
       Tutankamun; Anatomy of an Excavation
          Griffith Institute site, tremendous amount of information.  Database of all the finds, gallery of all the photographs, Carter's
          excavation and pocket diaries and notes.  A. C. Mace's diary of the first excavation season. Eyewitness accounts by
          A. C. Mace and A. H. Gardiner. Lists of tomb records in the Archives of the Griffith Institute.  Additional photos and
          documents will also be added regularly.
          http://griffith.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/gri/4tut.html         
       Archival Video and Audio of the Tomb's opening
          Re-enactment and archival film footage of the tombs discovery and opening. Actual recordied comments by Howard Carter and
          Alan Gardiner about the discovery of the tomb.
 

Some Other Related Sites

 

 http://academic.memphis.edu/egypt/artifact.html

U.of Memphis history, artifacts, expedition

   

http://www.hierakonpolis.org/resources/resources.html

Great site-maps, history of dig, photos Official site of Hieronkonpolis expedition

 

http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/hierakonpolis/index.html

Archaeology Mag. site on expedition-has weekly updates, photos, and archive of dig.

 

http://www.cofc.edu/~piccione/index.html

University of Charleston professor Peter Piccione's home page. Excavation reports, reviews

 

http://www.fjexpeditions.com/frameset/ancientroute.htm

Libyan Desert Archaeology, History, Rock Art, sites, etc.



 
 
 
Home
About Us
Blog
Chat Room
News
Expeditions
Index
Teachers' Aids
Just for Kids
Museums
Exhibits and Events
Store
Hieroglyphs
Reviews
Tours to Egypt
Links
Contact Us