Research Projects (Drittmittelprojekte)

The Asyut Project

Institute of Egyptology

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jochem Kahl,

Asyut, situated c. 375 km to the south of Cairo, on midway between two ancient Egyptian capitals Memphis and Thebes, was a political and cultural centre of Middle Egypt since the First Intermediate Period (c. 2100 BCE) at the latest, and remained such to the decline of the Pharaonic epoch. The ...

Altägyptische Philologie

Ägyptologisches Seminar der FU Berlin

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jochem Kahl,

Altägyptische Philologie (Teilprojekt innerhalb des SFB 980 "Episteme in Bewegung")

Location of the Hayter-Sherraif Workshop

Craft Interactions in a New Kingdom Industrial Landscape (Egypt, 1550–1069 BCE)

Dr. Anna K. Hodgkinson (FU Berlin), Dr. Frederik W. Rademakers (British Museum, London: Department of Scientific Research )

Mar 01, 2025

Project Summary This project charts for the first time the interaction between high-temperature technologies in New Kingdom Egypt (1550–1069 BCE). It focuses on a pivotal time in history when industrial-scale glass production was developed alongside growing copper alloy, faience and pigment ...

The Wepwawet temple of Asyut

Institute of Egyptology

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jochem Kahl

Since 2015, an international team of researchers led by Jochem Kahl (Freie Universität Berlin) and Mohamed Abdelrahiem (Sohag University) has been examining archaeological objects in the antiquities magazine at Shutb. These artefacts include blocks from the main temple of Asyut, which were ...

Blick (Richtung Nordost) über das 2014 ausgegrabene Areal: der südliche Teil des Hauses M50.16 liegt auf der linken Bildhälfte, während der Hof M50.14 rechts zu sehen ist

Working in the Suburbs

Ägyptologisches Seminar

Dr. Anna K. Hodgkinson

This project will document and contextualize the archaeological site known as M50.14-16, a domestic workshop in the Main City South at Tell el-Amarna (Amarna: ancient Akhetaten in Middle Egypt, c. 1353–c. 1336 BC). The site is a unique example of an urban domestic workshop for the manufacture of ...