Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (18.2006(2008))

DAKHLEH OASIS

EGYPT

DAKHLEH OASIS
PETROGLYPH UNIT
ROCK ART RESEARCH, 2006
Ewa Kuciewicz, Eliza Jaroni, Michal Kobusiewicz

The Petroglyph Unit of the Dakhleh Oasis Project,1 organized by the Polish Centre of
Mediterranean Archaeology in association with the Poznan Archaeological Museum, took to
the field between 14 and 26 February 2006. Work concentrated on an area between hills
codenamed 1/06 and 9/06, found near the southernmost extremity of the so-called “Painted
Wadi’ in a place where it fans out into the open desert. The area had been recorded
provisionally in the previous season (Kuciewicz, Jaroni, Kobusiewicz 2007) and this year
the Unit proceeded with the documentation.

1 The fieldwork was carried out by Ewa Kuciewicz and Eliza Jaroni, both from the Archaeological Museum in Poznan,
and coordinated by Prof. Michal Kobusiewicz from the Poznan branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The assistance
of Fred Hardtke from Sydney University is gratefully acknowledged. This season of the project was financed jointly by
the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw, the Poznafi Archaeological Museum and
the Patrimonium Foundation in Poznah. Members of the field party wish to express their gratitude to DOP Director
Anthony J. Mills and PCMA Director Piotr Bielmski for their ongoing support.

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