@article{214f03b94a0e4f878351db0e35a0c4f4,
title = "Tell el-Amarna, 2022",
abstract = "Fieldwork at Amarna in 2022 included excavation at the Great Aten Temple and the North Desert Cemetery, and the continuation of several post-excavation projects. Those post-excavation projects reported on here are the study of skeletal materials, pottery, plant and organic remains, and inscriptions from the North Desert Cemetery; pottery, plant and other organic remains from the North Cliffs Cemetery; and digital modelling of the North Desert Cemetery. A programme of community outreach in collaboration with the Amarna Visitor Centre also recommenced. (Figure presented.)",
keywords = "Akhenaten, Amarna, archaeobotany, bioarchaeology, ceramics, community outreach, digital archaeology, funerary archaeology, Great Aten Temple, non-elite cemeteries, North Cliffs Cemetery, North Desert Cemetery, photogrammetry",
author = "Anna Stevens and Dabbs, \{Gretchen R.\} and Fabien Balestra and Gemma Tully and Sofie Schi{\o}dt and Pamela Rose and Clapham, \{Alan J.\} and Paul Docherty and Anna Garnett and Miriam Bertram",
note = "Funding Information: The Amarna Project is grateful for the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, particularly from the staff of the Minia and Mallawi MoTA offices, including Gamal Abu Bakr, Fathi Awad and Hamada Kellawy. Site inspectors for the work at the East Gateway were Zahara Ahmed Abd el-Fadil and Martha Aatef Essa, and for the North Desert Cemetery excavations were Shimaa Sobhi Omer Hassanin and Joseph Elia Michael. Mustafa Khalaf Mansour oversaw work in the Amarna magazines. The community outreach work was possible thanks local MoTA colleagues, in particular Hamada Kellawy, Joseph Qased Fanus, Mazar Khalifa Mohamed, Mohamed Ibrahim Abdel Samei, Hesham Ahmed Mohammed Abdel-Kader, and Farid Fathi Hashem Fathi, along with the team of local excavators and international participants on site during the cemetery excavations, as named earlier in this report. We also thank Abdu Mohamed Omar, who has played a central role in distributing the Arabic guidebook. The East Gateway excavation is part of the Great Aten Temple research project, which is funded by grants from the Amarna Trust and the Amarna Research Foundation. The 2022 excavations at the North Desert Cemetery were supported by the Institute for Bioarchaeology (British Museum), G. A. Wainwright Fund (University of Oxford), Southern Illinois University and the Amarna Trust. The project Tutankhamun the Boy: Growing Up in Ancient Egypt is funded by the Esm{\'e}e Fairbairn Collections Fund, administered by the Museums Association, and the Friends of the Petrie Museum. The project Preservation through Education: Protecting Ancient Settlements through Outreach at Amarna, Egypt is funded by the Archaeological Institute of America. Funding Information: The Amarna Project is grateful for the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, particularly from the staff of the Minia and Mallawi MoTA offices, including Gamal Abu Bakr, Fathi Awad and Hamada Kellawy. Site inspectors for the work at the East Gateway were Zahara Ahmed Abd el-Fadil and Martha Aatef Essa, and for the North Desert Cemetery excavations were Shimaa Sobhi Omer Hassanin and Joseph Elia Michael. Mustafa Khalaf Mansour oversaw work in the Amarna magazines. The community outreach work was possible thanks local MoTA colleagues, in particular Hamada Kellawy, Joseph Qased Fanus, Mazar Khalifa Mohamed, Mohamed Ibrahim Abdel Samei, Hesham Ahmed Mohammed Abdel-Kader, and Farid Fathi Hashem Fathi, along with the team of local excavators and international participants on site during the cemetery excavations, as named earlier in this report. We also thank Abdu Mohamed Omar, who has played a central role in distributing the Arabic guidebook. Funding Information: The East Gateway excavation is part of the Great Aten Temple research project, which is funded by grants from the Amarna Trust and the Amarna Research Foundation. The 2022 excavations at the North Desert Cemetery were supported by the Institute for Bioarchaeology (British Museum), G. A. Wainwright Fund (University of Oxford), Southern Illinois University and the Amarna Trust. The project Tutankhamun the Boy: Growing Up in Ancient Egypt is funded by the Esm{\'e}e Fairbairn Collections Fund, administered by the Museums Association, and the Friends of the Petrie Museum. The project Preservation through Education: Protecting Ancient Settlements through Outreach at Amarna, Egypt is funded by the Archaeological Institute of America. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2023.",
year = "2023",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/03075133231213886",
language = "English",
volume = "109",
pages = "89--116",
journal = "Journal of Egyptian Archaeology",
issn = "0307-5133",
number = "1-2",
}