


Carina van den Hoven
Mission Director, Egyptologist
Elina Paulin-Grothe
Archaeologist
Bianca Madden
Conservator


Ahmed Gad
Conservator
Abdu Osman Taie
Rais, supervising excavator
Ramadan Ahmed Ali Ahmed
Advisor on the Sheikh ʿAbd el-Qurna necropolis



Mohamed Khalifa Ahmed
Surveyor
Marco Repole
IR photographer
Mohamed Youssef
Photographer

Matjaz Kacicnik
Photographer
Charlotte Hunkeler
Coffins and cartonnage specialist
Frank Rühli
Human remains specialist


Roger Seiler
Human remains specialist
Mahmoud Ibrahim
Codicologist
Ashraquet Fakhry
Community archaeologist



Our specialist excavators and workmen are: Mahmoud Mohamed Hussein, Ahmed Mohamed Taie, Mohamed Osman Taie, Hassan Hussein Youssef, Hasan Ali Abd el-Based, Jaber Mohamed Taie, Mohamed Sayyid Sheba, Ahmed Mustafa, Azab Taie, Hasan Mutawa, Shahhat Ahmed Selim, Abu-l Oufe Ali, Azab Saeed, Mohamed Abd el-Rahman, Essaman Abd el-Haris, Mohamed Taie Osman, Naggar Sayyid Hassan, Mohamed Mahmoud Ahmed, Mohamed Mahmoud il-Gamal, Naggar il-Gamal, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Abd el-Haris Mohamed, Mohamed Mutawa, Ahmed Hassan Taie, Mohamed el-Azab, Ahmed Diab, Mohamed Gamal Mahmoud, Ahmed Naggar, Hassan Shag, Ahmed Taie Hassani, Mohamed Denderawy, Taha Hussein Sayyid, Yassin Ahmed Yassin, Ahmed el-Adly, Komsan Sayyid Hassan, Mohamed Ahmed Tuhami, Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud, Mohamed Mahmoud Sayyid, Sayyid Shebib, Ramadan Mohamed, Saad Hashim, Kamal el-Adly, Mohamed Abd el-Nasr, Hamdi Mohamed, Hassan Mahmoud, Taie Gaber, Abd el-Rahim Ahmed.
We closely collaborate with our Egyptian colleagues at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and at the Luxor and Qurna Inspectorates of Antiquities in documenting, studying, and preserving Egypt’s cultural heritage for future generations. We thank Dr. Sherif Fathy (Minister of Tourism and Antiquities), Dr. Mohammed Ismail Khaled (Secretary General), and Dr. Hany el-Tayeb (Director of Foreign Missions Affairs and Permanent Committees), as well as the members of the Permanent Committee of the Supreme Council of Antiquities for permissions and advice as well as for their continued support.
The fieldwork is carried out in close collaboration with our colleagues in Luxor and Qurna: Mr. Abd el-Ghaffar Wagdy (General Director of Antiquities for Upper-Egypt), Mr. Bahaa Abd el-Gaber Badawy (General Director of the West Bank of Luxor), Dr. Mahmoud Moussa (Director of the West Bank of Luxor), Mr. Ramadan Ahmed Ali Ahmed (General Director of Foreign Missions of the West Bank of Luxor), Mr. Abu el-Hagag Taie (Director of the Middle Area of the West Bank of Luxor), and Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Hussein (Chief Inspector of the Middle Area of the West Bank of Luxor).