Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (17.2005(2007))

SAQQARA

EGYPT

SAQQARA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES, 2005
Karol Mysliwiec

The Pohsh-Egyptian archaeological mission continued its work in the area adjoining the
Netjerykhet pyramid enclosure on the west, from September 3 until October 24, 2003.1
Archaeological activities were concentrated in square 2102, where part of the mud-brick
platform covering Old Kingdom structures was dismantled with permission of the Permanent
Committee, and in squares 1903-1903 in the northeastern part of the excavated area,2 where
excavations were necessary to complete the documentary base for the publication which is to
appear as volumes III (Upper Necropolis) and IV (Old Kingdom necropolis between the tombs
of Merefnebef and Nyankhnefertem and the enclosure wall of the pyramid) of the Saqqara
excavation series.
Specialist pursued studies of particular categories of finds, notably the pottery which is
reported on in this volume (contribution of XL Rzeuska below).
1 The mission comprised: Prof. Dr. Karol Mysliwiec, director; Dr. Teodozja Rzeuska and Dr. Kamil Kuraszkiewicz,
egyptologists; Dr. Salima Ikram, egyptologist/archeozoologist; Mrs. Agnieszka Kowalska, Ms Malgorzata Radomska,
Mr. Fabian Welc, Ms Katarzyna Grusiecka and Ms Edyta Klimaszewska-Drabot, archaeologists; Ms Beata Blaszczuk
and Ms Daria Tarara, architects; Mr. Zbigniew Godziejewski, Ms Urszula D^browska, Ms Magdalena Abramowska and
Mrs. Teresa Zurkowska, conservators; and Mr. Jaroslaw D^browski, photographer. The Supreme Council of Antiquities
was represented by Mr. Zaki Awad Hussein and Mr. Shaaban Ahmed Mohamed, inspectors. Mr. Sayed Kereti assumed
the task of rais.
We should like to express our deepest gratitude to Prof. Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council,
for his friendly attitude and competent decisions concerning our work. Our project benefited from the efficiency and
wisdom of Mr. Magdy El-Ghandour, Director General for Foreign and Egyptian Mission Affairs. The SCA authorities
in Saqqara were also extremely helpful, particularly Mr. Kamal Wahid, Director of Saqqara, and Mr. Osama El-Shemi,
Chief Inspector of Middle Saqqara. Their practical approach and field experience proved inestimable in difficult
moments.
2 K. Mysliwiec, K. Kuraszkiewicz, D. Czerwik, T. Rzeuska, M. Kaczmarek, A. Kowalska, M. Radomska,
Z. Godziejewski, The Tomb of Merefnebef Saqqara I, (Warsaw 2004), Pis. I-II; K. Mysliwiec, "Fragen an eine
Nekropole in Sakkara", Sokar 13 (2/2006), 14-16.

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