Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (10.1998(1999))

DAKHLEH OASIS

EGYPT

DAKHLEH OASIS
RESEARCH ON PETROGLYPHS, 1998

Lech Krzyzaniak

The research on petroglyphs in the Dakhleh Oasis, started in 1985/86, was continued in
November 1998. As in previous seasons, the research was part of the Dakhleh Oasis Project
(D.O.P.) directed by Prof. Anthony J. Mills.2> Objectives included exploration of several
groups of sandstone hills situated in the eastern part of the oasis, between the area investi-
gated in the previous seasons and the border of the hilly country to the east of the village of
Taneida.
Cf. L. Krzyzaniak, PAM V, Reports 1993 (1994), pp. 97-100 (with earlier references).
2) The fieldwork was carried out by Prof. Dr. Lech Krzyzaniak (Poznan Archaeological Museum and Polish Center of
Archaeology, Warsaw University) assisted by Ms Berengere de Lavaleye and Mr. Benjamin G. Stewart, students from the
Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium).

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