Asasif Project

The Asasif Project – Polish archaeological research carried out in the northern part of the Asasif necropolis (West Thebes, Egypt) under the concession granted to the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw for the work of the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Conservation Mission at the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari.[1]

Archaeological research and discoveries

Over the recent years several important Middle Kingdom monuments are being re-documented. One of them are graves on the North Asasif necropolis, examined under the Asasif Project.[2] Earlier archaeological research on the Asasif necropolis was conducted in 1883 by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)[1] and in the 1920s by a mission directed by Herbert E. Winlock from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[3] The Polish “Asasif Project” began in 2013. It aims to document private funerary architecture of the Middle Kingdom.[3] Both the interiors of the rock-cut tombs and their courtyards on the rocky slopes are studied.[1] The graves belong to high-ranking officials from the reigns of Mentuhotep Nebhepetre II and the subsequent rulers of the 11th and 12th dynasties.[3] The results of the excavations, as well as studies of architectural remains and small finds, should also throw light on the later rebuilding and reuse of these structures.[1] Although the necropolis had been known and studied for years, the Polish team made a discovery in 2014: a funerary chapel from the 12th dynasty, with a fragment of a limestone altar and funerary offerings, was uncovered in one of the courtyards.[4]

References
  1. "Deir el-Bahari: North Asasif". pcma.uw.edu.pl. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  2. Hudáková, Ľubica (2019-07-22). The Representations of Women in the Middle Kingdom Tombs of Officials. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-39582-4.
  3. Chudzik, Patryk (2016-02-28). "The tombs of Asasif: archaeological exploration in the 2013/2014 season". Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean. XXIV (1): 239–246. doi:10.5604/01.3001.0009.9909. ISSN 1234-5415.
  4. "Wrocław archaeologists discovered unknown structures in Egypt". Science in Poland. Retrieved 2020-06-02.

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