Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (12.2000(2001))

NAQLUN

EGYPT

NAQLUN
EXCAVATIONS, 2000
Wiodzimierz Godlewski

The excavation season at Naqlun between September 15 and October 50, 2000,0 centered
on a continued exploration of Site A in the central part of the kom. Paralleling the
archaeological work were studies undertaken by specialists: Karol Piasecki, assisted by
Elzbieta Dqbrowska, worked on the skeletal material from the current excavations, as well
as that stored from the 1997-1998 seasons; Tomasz Gorecki recorded the ceramic assemblage,
chiefly the red and painted tableware from the leveling layers of the putative lOth-llth
century street between buildings A and E; Jean-Michel Mouton and Christian Gaubert
continued studies of the Arabic archives of Georgi Bifam and his family pending
publication; Maria Mossakowska-Gaubert worked on the glass finds, Magdalena Zurek on
the tombs and Barbara Czaja-Szewczak on the textiles.

1) The Mission was directed by Prof. Dr. Wiodzimierz Godlewski and included: Dr. Jean-Michel Mouton (Sorbonne,
Paris), Mr. Christian Gaubert (IFAO), Dr. Karol Piasecki, Ms Elzbieta D%browska, anthropologists; Mrs. Maria
Mossakowska-Gaubert, Mrs. Magdalena Zurek, archaeologists; Mr. Tomasz Gorecki, ceramicist; Mrs. Barbara Czaja-
Szewczak, textile restorer; Ms Anetta Lyzwa, Mr. Szymon Maslak, students of archaeology. The Supreme Council of
Antiquities was represented by Mr. Ibrahim Ragab. With the assistance of the authorities of the Supreme Council of
Antiquities in Cairo, as well as in Fayum, the fieldwork progressed smoothly and efficiently.
The Mission is also grateful to the monks from the monastery of the Archangel Gabriel in Naqlun for their continued
hospitality and generous assistance on many occasions.

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