https://www.aehaf.org/excavation daily 0.75 2026-09-23 https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2026-week-5-1-31-2-03 monthly 0.5 2026-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046158794-ZKHRLLDEZHYMLCNYXZJA/image-asset.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 5: 1/31-2/03 - Sarah Sowerby and Georgia LaMacchia use the Trimble GNSS to take coordinates of our remaining site fixed points this week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048297506-RE6OQOU9IW3CU6A0D13U/DSC0171-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 5: 1/31-2/03 - A detail of some of the stratigraphy of a robbed out casemate at the "South Palace," which provides details about its construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046266920-SY9AXERKVHX99L3NEFDD/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-4.18.10-AM.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 5: 1/31-2/03 - Our teammate from El-Deir el-Gharbi, Abu el-Yousser, shows off our newly installed information panel for the "South Palace". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048301566-07GRWN3ADTHM3JNLYBJJ/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-4.18.39-AM.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 5: 1/31-2/03 - Part of the El-Deir el-Gharbi team who worked hard this season to make mud bricks for the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046267218-YVB5A1QR6XJ1176WMCYB/Screenshot-2026-02-05-at-4.18.19-AM.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 5: 1/31-2/03 - Some of the team from El-Deir el-Gharbi working hard to produce mud to create bricks for next season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046264254-2XZEPFWUXTLYEG3OMXSK/Screenshot-2026-02-04-at-6.53.58-AM.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 5: 1/31-2/03 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048302867-471O881I19DAWZLC0B4W/IMG_8070-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 5: 1/31-2/03 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2026-week-4-1-24-1-29 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046270757-MIK7YN9UVU0RENALCAWW/IMG_8254-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 4: 1/24-1/29 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048304502-L49WN0FWSXN78DUWVEPQ/IMG_8481-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 4: 1/24-1/29 - Sarah Sowerby works with the total station at the North Palace to document work conducted over the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048297207-GDKE2RM4HUKRZSDN68ZD/IMG_8555-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 4: 1/24-1/29 - Heba Mohamed Husein, Waleed Hawatky, and Georgia LaMacchia working at the North Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048306206-IGJ8U02TGLESR0RDNNBS/Untitled-1-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 4: 1/24-1/29 - A team of local builders from El-Deir el-Gharbi lays the foundation of the protective wall for the North Wadi Settlement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048305709-FSU87Z31BX3YWEAZ829U/IMG_8650-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 4: 1/24-1/29 - Mud brick production is underway by the local team of El-Deir el-Gharbi to prepare for our work on site next season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046261857-OUHZYYORW3F8QLDFYVKP/DSC00090-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 4: 1/24-1/29 - Reis Mohamed Ali and our team working in the North Wadi Settlement in 2025. Photo by Wael el-Kady. Reis Mohamed Ali and our team working in the North Wadi Settlement in 2025. Photo by Wael el-Kady. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2026-week-3-1-17-1-22 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048304267-9C52WA9VEHTQ1V14SFP4/IMG_8476-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 3: 1/17-1/22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046268320-3QAJDJM6NBXQQRTIWYLH/IMG_8297-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 3: 1/17-1/22 - Wael el-Kady captures work life on site this week through photography and videos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046218716-U2EFKTSQHDMWIEGUJO2A/DSC00025-1024x683.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 3: 1/17-1/22 - Sarah Sowerby and Ben Johnson discuss survey and site grid points at the North Hill Settlement. Photo by Wael el-Kady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046268778-U79I27A5V2O01ZTDVQUH/IMG_8349-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 3: 1/17-1/22 - Waleed Hawatky, Victoria Shakespeare, and Sarah Sowerby working at the North Hill Settlement this week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048258869-C9IRGQUCWYG56FGJ5U9S/IMG_8380-825x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 3: 1/17-1/22 - Beth Hart photographs flint debris in the workroom this week as part of her important study of the lithic materials from Deir el-Ballas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046270054-NMCT54Q2U03SOUZ144KB/IMG_8412-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 3: 1/17-1/22 - Bettina Bader studying and documenting the pharaonic ceramics from site, including this reconstructed vessel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048259470-JDUOWKMGWL5W9CB0YCLI/IMG_8430-768x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 3: 1/17-1/22 - This week include study and documentation of excavated materials now stored at the Quft Magazine, including one of two statue fragments from the 2019/2020 season. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2026-week-2-1-10-1-15 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048302867-471O881I19DAWZLC0B4W/IMG_8070-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 2: 1/10-1/15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046218425-U3RAX8G242JZKF0V4XGJ/IMG_8104-1-768x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 2: 1/10-1/15 - Sarah Sowerby works at the South Palace and South Wadi Settlement to set our site's fix points for future survey work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046259416-NKO8JJV1FMP49V28NRP1/Screenshot-2026-01-16-at-6.52.09-AM.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 2: 1/10-1/15 - A photogrammetry overview of House F after the necessary restoration and conservation of the structure this season. Model by Ahmed Abdelgawad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046267717-ZNLV5I5Q1WIIG07C2YPS/IMG_8100-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 2: 1/10-1/15 - Waleed Hawatky works at the South Palace magazine to reorganize and rehouse important finds and samples from previous seasons excavations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048259066-3BW1BWBEWJAOEVO5AJOO/IMG_8085-1024x768.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 2: 1/10-1/15 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2026-week-1-1-3-1-8 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046217459-OYPLJTKUSJYX0EXRBORV/IMG_1940-768x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 1: 1/3-1/8 - Site Director, Nicholas Brown, works at the South Palace to record some of the mud brick architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046217556-FVF97N9FRF7BVXBU99T5/IMG_7700-1024x768.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 1: 1/3-1/8 - Fiona Burdette and Sarah Sowerby are re-excavating the North Palace's enclosure wall and documenting what they find ahead of conservation and restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046218116-9VPG4HKC90LJNUFW1SIF/IMG_7688-1-768x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 1: 1/3-1/8 - Jayme Reichart joins the team this year to assist with the botanical remains analysis at the site workroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046259118-PAJTKKV08Z9Q6NDQZM9G/IMG_7779-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 1: 1/3-1/8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046218816-H8SIWFE6U7RE1WUPZQ2Q/IMG_7759-1024x768.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2026, Week 1: 1/3-1/8 - A team of local builders from El-Deir el-Gharbi help to conserve and protect the remains of "House F" at the North Palace Suburb. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/valley-of-the-kings-week-3-may-17-to-may-21-2025 monthly 0.5 2026-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046349055-BLO54V21TQ4XHJVFLM7Y/coffin-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 3: May 17 to May 21, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/769b3917-ff5a-48c8-a53b-67e30993432d/IMG_4079.jpg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 3: May 17 to May 21, 2025 - Figure 1: the team (Nicholas Brown, Saad Kenawy Mohammed, and Salima Ikram) working in KV35, the tomb of Amenhotep II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048367903-FD5YI3K14CTMUS0A603L/1.jpg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 3: May 17 to May 21, 2025 - Figure 2: Preliminary Drawing by Shymaa Mandour of the workmen's marks as found in part of the Burial Chamber (Chamber J). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/2bb27477-d431-4a8d-991d-078175f476b5/IMG_4256.jpg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 3: May 17 to May 21, 2025 - Figure 3: Some of the packed crates that contain the newly stored animal meat offerings from KV43. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048290207-W1IVM3N9ZTSKJNF1PR4C/Door-768x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 3: May 17 to May 21, 2025 - Figure 4: Mohamed Saleh (of ARCE Luxor) and Nicholas Brown show off the newly installed security steel door for the on-site storage magazine in KV43. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/valley-of-the-kings-week-2-may-10-15 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048289168-Z2VNE699MM1DRGXFMCKZ/IMG_4115-1-768x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 2: May 10-15 - Faunal remains specialist Salima Ikram, of AUC Egypt, studied poultry remains from the tomb of Thutmose IV (KV43) this week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048289571-OA0HJ99KYI3B6CY1OTK5/DSC0150-1-1024x678.jpg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 2: May 10-15 - Our site Inspector, Saad Kenawy Mohammed, helping to sift and sort through floor debris from where the victual mummies were originally stored https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048289806-H7J43RO1OS21DUBC7Y80/DSC0176-678x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 2: May 10-15 - Project Director, Nicholas Brown, worked in the tomb of Horemheb (KV57) to record ink graffiti with infrared photography https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/valley-of-the-kings-week-1-may-4-8 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046344155-FY48NPA2W16GALE8QFVC/Figure-1-scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 1: May 4-8 - Figure 1: Paperwork was signed in Cairo at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities’ office next to the Great Pyramid of Khufu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048364804-T165XNC73ZK78OIR3MJZ/Figure-2-scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 1: May 4-8 - Figure 2: The view across the Valley of the Kings from outside of Thutmose IV’s Tomb (KV43) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046344654-X251IMOG95N6SRZXV2AC/Figure-3-scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 1: May 4-8 - Figure 3: An image of Thutmose IV from inside his tomb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048365302-AONCGR4TVOHBS0H7A6W2/Figure-4-scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Valley of the Kings, Week 1: May 4-8 - Figure 4: A selection of the mummified meat offerings (victual mummies) that will be examined and studied by the team this season https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2025-week-5 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048363903-CH2PL3ECBUAPWW128GZ6/Figure-1-scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 5 - Fig 1: Nicholas Brown and Piet Collet finished up the archaeological investigation of the South Palace’s lower terrace platform this week, thanks to the hard work of our Egyptian teammates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046342619-FNN6FD6LIBIWVAKW5E08/Figure-2-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 5 - Said and Osman carefully backfill the remains of House G in the North Suburb, to protect the archaeological features for next season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048286703-3STLENS1MZQCK7S9V69O/Figure-3-768x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 5 - Documentation of small finds for study purposes after the season occurred this week, including this black steatite-inscribed scarab amulet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046246455-EECY2HIXKIIQJYNKJV4D/Figure-4-1024x768.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 5 - This week we celebrated Peter Lacovara’s hard work and dedication to Deir el-Ballas since his first season on site in 1980. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2025-week-4 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048362903-WQOJK78HLDVQRPSKWPNQ/Figure-1-2-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 4 - Figure 1: Victoria Shakespeare and her team have been busy cleaning and documenting the South Palace’s Lower Terrace to understand better the archaeological features, including the impressions of column bases that once stood there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046243354-RIN6DNHJUH7YD4EU9ML6/Figure-2-1-768x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 4 - Figure 2: Piet Collet works on drawing the small finds from this season at the on-site workroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048362804-VU77PIQ0A9TBPTRRM0MA/Figure-3-1-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 4 - Figure 3: The team is busy cleaning the surface of the South Palace’s Lower Terrace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046243654-BDFN3VWUQSV6EGFW2JKN/Figure-4-768x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 4 - Figure 4: We are busy in the on-site workroom documenting our small finds and samples from this season’s excavations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048284103-KW4QTV63REHSB245EWVL/Figure-5-1-471x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 4 - Figure 5: a 3D scan of part of the South Palace, created on an iPhone and detailing a section of wall with a preserved ship’s timber embedded into the mud brick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046341353-C4Q2LCRELPFORK2JLIF6/Figure-6-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 4 - Figure 6: Gillian Pyke is working this season to study the Late Antique ceramics that our excavations have found around the North Palace. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/blog-week-3 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048360869-HP5M35BTUORCA1WW6GQX/Figure-1-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 3 - Ahmed Abdelgawad and his crew are working to restore some of the casemates of the North Palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048361369-GAX5AD3IS520576Z0W32/Figure-2-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 3 - Ana Oliveira works with her team to investigate the limits of House G in the North Suburb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046340917-S3AUAVYD8JW0T8EFLDE1/Figure-3-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 3 - Our team from Luxor began work at the South Palace this week to investigate the mud plaster floor covering the lower terrace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046339428-E7F473UAS5WOO474I5K7/Figure-4.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 3 - Peter Lacovara works on recording small finds and pottery in the magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046337956-XP5FNCK2QK03NDAIK1O7/Figure-5.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 3 - Piet Collet’s photogrammetry overview and map of the North Wadi Settlement https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2025-week-2-1-11-1-16 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046335921-S9F8FKABSP3O8S39OVOA/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-13-at-05.23.28-5.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 2: 1/11 – 1/16 - Claire Malleson does flotation of soil samples to retrieve botanical remains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046335653-UTJNXUYK8EGOCAGA48OF/2-Rebuilding-the-enclosure-wall--scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 2: 1/11 – 1/16 - Rebuilding the southern enclosure wall that will help protect the North Palace area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046335515-8FX7JZLGS7CFIKLZ8YO8/3.-Bettina-Azab-and-Claire-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 2: 1/11 – 1/16 - Bettina Bader and Azab Ibrahim study the pottery sherds recovered from the excavations while Claire Malleson does flotation of soil samples to retrieve botanical remains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046335416-RYQG2N5A4WOCM74M1UF0/4-Sara-and-community-outreach.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 2: 1/11 – 1/16 - Sara Ahmed Aziz working on community outreach with the local school children explaining the site to them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046335255-RROJ7S1L3GBFIGT9PFZO/1Waell-documenting-North-Palace-reconstruction-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 2: 1/11 – 1/16 - Wael el-Kady, the team’s videographer, documenting the reconstruction of the North Palace https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2025-week-1-1-4-1-10 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046334120-PYCF5RXH7PEI3S8VSG06/1.-North-Wadi-Settelment-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 1: 1/4 – 1/10 - Work begins in the North Wadi Settlement cleaning debris off the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046241425-EDDVJEXNAOGLDERY8LOQ/2.-2025-crewIMG_5899-copy-1024x769.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 1: 1/4 – 1/10 - The crew so far (left to right) Nicholas Brown, Karim el-Eita, Hassan Elzawy, Waleed Mohamed Hawatky, Sarah Ahmed Aziz and Matei Tichindelean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046334417-7450R5Y370TYBCVCSP0M/3.-Bricks-for-the-North-Palace-copy-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 1: 1/4 – 1/10 - Bricks for the North Palace copy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048357010-OLD6AXWOZDSMOOTBONH0/4.-work-on-enclosure-wall-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2025, Week 1: 1/4 – 1/10 - Work on enclosure wall https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2023-week-4-1-21-1-26-and-1-28-1-30 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046330714-W0ZTH8Q8WMIW3X1WOFXL/Screenshot-2023-02-01-at-3.18.31-PM.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 4: 1/21-1/26 and 1/28-1/30 - Fig. 1 Making new bricks for use in the restorations photograph by Nicholas R. Brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048355602-L20VH7WMHERWW95V33GD/SIGN-D.el-Ballas-North-Palace-copy_Variant_New_Ver_28Dec_11x14_300dpi-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 4: 1/21-1/26 and 1/28-1/30 - Fig. 2 Interpretive sign being prepared for the North Palace. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2023-week-3-1-14-1-19 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046326954-A2CJ6LCWSX4GU4M7XKTG/Fig.-1-Ana-and-Piet-scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 3: 1/14-1/19 - Figure 1: Ana Oliveira Asuncion and Piet Collet work in the House F North Extension to document and record the newly discovered structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046327654-IMISHHRPMQYAD06H3PFI/Fig.-2.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 3: 1/14-1/19 - Figure 2: Nicholas Brown and Piet Collet discuss how best to lift and remove the in-situ ceramic oven discovered by Victoria Shakespeare and her team in the North Wadi Settlement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048354405-VYPKX1F20VYEVWX957T8/Fig.-3-Nick--scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 3: 1/14-1/19 - Figure 3: Nicholas Brown spent time this week in House E West drawing and recording the newly discovered silo installation before its excavation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046328256-WM1XTW25PYZQ2O43NHMJ/Fig.-4-panorama--scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 3: 1/14-1/19 - Figure 4: A panorama view of Deir el-Ballas from the top of the South Hill: Starting from the left, one can see the North Settlement with House E and House F excavations, followed by the remains of the North Palace, then the modern village of Deir el-Gharbi, the surrounding farm fields, the South Wadi, and finally the “South Palace” on the right side of the photo. Figure 4: A panorama view of Deir el-Ballas from the top of the South Hill: Starting from the left, one can see the North Settlement with House E and House F excavations, followed by the remains of the North Palace, then the modern village of Deir el-Gharbi, the surrounding farm fields, the South Wadi, and finally the “South Palace” on the right side of the photo. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2023-week-2-1-6-1-12 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048351908-7PAT1AZXZCJ7TEBH9FK5/Fig.-1-Ana-in-House-F.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 2: 1/6-1/12 - Figure 1: Ana Oliveira Asuncion working in House F https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048352371-7YNQIEE8TQ89EZP7OAHK/Fig.-2-Victoria-in-the-west--scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 2: 1/6-1/12 - Figure 2: Victoria Shakespeare in the Houses west of the North Palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046237053-WYZ0EBYSG7LTIMIAVQ56/Fig.-5-b-Dog-foot-print-768x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 2: 1/6-1/12 - Figures 6: Man’s best friend past and present; A dog footprint in House E https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048352773-NNBG1XTEAWY97SKFZYY4/Fig.-4-Amr--scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 2: 1/6-1/12 - Figure 4: Amir Shahat examining the plant remains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048352670-C532OXXIPLHUJ66R6SVI/Fig.-3-Hassan.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 2: 1/6-1/12 - Figure 3: Hassan Elzawy sorting sherds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046239957-ZKSGM2GN6NBYXDGHRD0R/Fig.-5-b-Dogs-visiting-1-450x1024.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 2: 1/6-1/12 - Figure 5: Man’s best friend past and present; A pair of dogs visiting the workroom https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2023-week-1-1-3-1-5 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048348810-OX396KKX3KD21R7IVSS4/Fig.-1-Deir-el-Ballas-_South-Palace_-2023.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 1: 1/3-1/5 - Figure 1. The “South Palace” is now largely restored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046323154-A0JFJ3DRHTOA6ZZMXV36/Figure-2-cGillian-Pyke-at-N.-Palace-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 1: 1/3-1/5 - Figure 2. Gillian Pyke and our Egyptian team from Luxor and Deir el-Gharbi started this week to uncover some of the Roman Coptic remains surrounding the North Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046323917-HQIGKJ9M7IPCAXNH6CZ7/Fig.-3-Bettina.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 1: 1/3-1/5 - Figure 3. Bettina Bader, the Expedition’s ceramicist, was hard at work analyzing numerous bags of pottery collected from the 2019 and 2022 excavation seasons at the North Settlement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048350005-6M45Q4R2FOCKN243L795/Figure-4-Claire-Malleson-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 1: 1/3-1/5 - Figure 4. Archaeobotonist Claire Malleson started examining soil samples from the 2022 excavation season at House E in the North Settlement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046324919-DGDFCTOGWVRDCW67IJBM/Figure-5-Matei-photographing-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2023, Week 1: 1/3-1/5 - Figure 5. Archaeologist Matei Tichindelean and our Egyptian teammates from Luxor and Deri el-Gharbi were hard at photographing before opening up two new trenches this week on the exterior of House E. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2022-week-6-2-12-2-13 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048344774-E73QE7B4ZHOKGBLC1G4C/room-s2.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 6: 2/12- 2/13 - Room S2 at House E after excavation, showing the original walls and mud plaster floor of the space Room S2 at House E after excavation, showing the original walls and mud plaster floor of the space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048345767-URYU0VFWHH7843EE8EBV/Blog-6-fig.-2.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 6: 2/12- 2/13 - Room S2 at House E after backfilling and capping the architectural features with modern mudbricks Room S2 at House E after backfilling and capping the architectural features with modern mudbricks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048346005-HU1RYHHVZOGC8JSHVFNM/Blog-6-fig.-3Suggested-Site-Development-West.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 6: 2/12- 2/13 - Map detail (in English) showing antiquities areas to be protected Map detail (in English) showing antiquities areas to be protected https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2022-week-5-2-5-2-10 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046316055-18UFL9AYDZ1ISBUV8OGA/piet-collet.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 5: 2/5- 2/10 - Piet Collet here is setting up photogrammetry targets that are used to help create a three dimensional model of the excavated features https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048344774-E73QE7B4ZHOKGBLC1G4C/room-s2.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 5: 2/5- 2/10 - Room S2 in House E with its photogrammetry targets laid out and ready to be photographed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046316920-GY9S9NHP1EHUYDHCV5AU/fully-excavated.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 5: 2/5- 2/10 - The fully excavated Room 5 in House E, the textile workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048345479-4J2LD8ZI34AHLZKGIQ8G/Supp-.-5-fig.-3-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 5: 2/5- 2/10 - Section of casemate fill including a wooden ship timber in the ‘South Palace’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048345170-1RS8X9UIAWL9X78CSB5F/Supp.-5-fig.-1_South-Palace_-Andy-Boyce.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 5: 2/5- 2/10 - Plan of the ‘South Palace’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046318322-89E90GYV73Q4I7D6HGLI/Supp.-5-fig.-2-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 5: 2/5- 2/10 - Piet Collet recording the ‘South Palace’ https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2022-week-4-1-28-2-3 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046312256-2SZ2KU5G453ZI6H2F1BB/INicholas-Brown-House-E-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 4: 1/28 – 2/3 - Nicholas Brown excavating in House E https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046311716-GS9ODCTJW4MEC4I2TZ2X/House-F-From-above.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 4: 1/28 – 2/3 - View of House F from above by Piet Collet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048340969-TBSJD4QV5S58BUQJO28C/Hassan-Elzawy-Mohamed-Youssef-Abdo-excavating-Room-4-the-broken-vessel-covering-the-bin-can-be-seen-in-the-picture-1-scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 4: 1/28 – 2/3 - Hassan Elzawy, Mohamed Youssef, & Abdo excavating Room 4, the broken vessel covering the bin can be seen in the picture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048338003-I4KP0MD4A3Y0J7LZQTS1/Supplement-3-View-of-Room-4-after-we-reached-the-floor-level-and-cleaned-the-space-scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 4: 1/28 – 2/3 - View of Room 4 after we reached the floor level and cleaned the space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048341170-DKSD8Q199GNVJWUQUL8Z/South-Palace-clearing-collapsed-rubble-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 4: 1/28 – 2/3 - South Palace clearing collapsed rubble https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046314355-4QE83BOXMON0DTNOYFCW/IMG_20220207_105201_670-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 4: 1/28 – 2/3 - The “South Palace” restoration today almost complete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046314054-LV0M9CLJOYU3JN90IA9T/IMG_20220202_081320_978-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 4: 1/28 – 2/3 - Plastering the stairs. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2022-week-3-1-22-1-27 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046311552-DWB5O71C0QWW23O4FO33/blog-week-3.1-2.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 3: 1/22 – 1/27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046311154-F8JIWI3NS63JBCWFFUC6/blog-week-3.2.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 3: 1/22 – 1/27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048338003-I4KP0MD4A3Y0J7LZQTS1/Supplement-3-View-of-Room-4-after-we-reached-the-floor-level-and-cleaned-the-space-scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 3: 1/22 – 1/27 - View of Room 4 after we reached the floor level and cleaned the space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048340969-TBSJD4QV5S58BUQJO28C/Hassan-Elzawy-Mohamed-Youssef-Abdo-excavating-Room-4-the-broken-vessel-covering-the-bin-can-be-seen-in-the-picture-1-scaled.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas, 2022 Week 3: 1/22 – 1/27 - Hassan Elzawy, Mohamed Youssef, & Abdo excavating Room 4, the broken vessel covering the bin can be seen in the picture https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2022-week-2-1-15-1-20 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048336508-O7N416E2723D5KD4NGSG/blog-2-fig-1.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 2: 1/15-1/20 - Fig. 1: Piet Collet conducting survey work on site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048336803-AE31NPRJXAK3DEQDIASJ/Blog-2-Fig.-2-rotated.jpeg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 2: 1/15-1/20 - Fig. 2: A local brick-maker making larger mudbricks that will be used for the North Palace restoration efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046309219-EIV3VEY7RRJF085M07ZH/Blog-2-fig-3.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 2: 1/15-1/20 - Fig. 3: The team continues to investigate House E at the North Suburb. Here they are finishing up the excavation of Room 5, the textile workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046309715-ZF9RLDJLGXAC9ZRY06T1/blog-2-fig-4.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 2: 1/15-1/20 - Fig. 4: Sara Ahmed Abdelaziz and Abdu are excavating at House F this week and are learning more about this little-known structure from the North Suburb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048337270-2C0I8PYHZCPCU8NBR6JS/Figure-1-House-E-Blog.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 2: 1/15-1/20 - FIGURE 1. A plan of House E in the North Suburb from the 1980s excavation. What was known of House E West is highlighted in the red box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048337469-B7L418WDKS77LIOQEMI0/Figure-2-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 2: 1/15-1/20 - FIGURE 2. An overview of the House E West excavations at the end of the 2020 excavation season. One additional circular installation was discovered (center of image) in addition to deposits of ash and agate bead production (to right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046310458-CAWOOXRBVORAEAXGRP2E/Figure-3-1-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 2: 1/15-1/20 - FIGURE 3. Here are the two roadblocks erected in 2022 to help protect the delicate archaeological remains of House E West. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048337809-ZG4BSNLARM0Y1K2VUX25/FIGURE-4.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 2: 1/15-1/20 - FIGURE 4. A view of El-Tayeb and Hamdi cleaning off the surface deposit over House E West, which helped reveal the new extension of the mudbrick wall (bottom) and the rest of the large circular mudbrick installation (center of photo). https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2022-week-1 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048333468-WLO02YIUPGV2CR3JACU5/1-1-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 1: 1/6-1/13 - Make it stand out Finishing up restoration on the façade of the “South Palace” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046306020-AZNHHGWJI8249W9EHUU8/2-ship-timber-22.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 1: 1/6-1/13 - Make it stand out Ship timber embedded in the brickwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048332903-F4RF5XZR8YL24Z6HX5XR/3-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 1: 1/6-1/13 - Ellen Morris on top of the “South Palace” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048333203-PH058DEFBKUJXYGAYAI1/4.-Nick-Brown-at-House-E-JPG.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 1: 1/6-1/13 - Nicholas Brown at House E https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046306118-5PNCU847CL9N0UXU0EVY/Figure-1.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 1: 1/6-1/13 - Figure 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048335711-7CT4FTI96UGPBQIXOSFU/Figure-2..png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 1: 1/6-1/13 - Figure 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046320767-5IHSV69PWRNU8108MC0N/Figure-3-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2022, Week 1: 1/6-1/13 - Figure 3 Figure 3 https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/ballas-2021-week-3-5-15-5-19 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048331269-DPLJ2G1IE40UHSIJ1OPE/Piet-Collet-at-the-South-Palace-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2021, Week 3: 5/15 – 5/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046303463-AI4H7HTD0QUNR61J5EOU/Reconstruction-work-on-the-North-palace-Dier-El-Ballas_2021_May_17_ADamarany-1428-min-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2021, Week 3: 5/15 – 5/19 - Reconstruction work on the North palace Dier El-Ballas, May 17 https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2021-week-2-5-8-5-13 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046302715-2XNOUWGRBHVKSQL9SNRC/0-1-2.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2021, Week 2: 5/8 – 5/13 - 'South Palace' and South Wadi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048330364-JG3IHIRTZS6Y543YRD4D/0-2.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2021, Week 2: 5/8 – 5/13 - Finishing up restoration on the 'South Palace' https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2021-week-1-5-3-1-5 monthly 0.5 2026-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048328403-FSLQ71ZYAAWMH5VZX4DK/0.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2021, Week 1: 5/3 – 5/8 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046300928-3DMVS0OE6I8HAGZDKDDR/0-1-1.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2021, Week 1: 5/3 – 5/8 - Restoration work on the "South Palace" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046301217-6CERJSUJZ6FW5DU5D5JY/0-2-1.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2021, Week 1: 5/3 – 5/8 - South Wadi structures recorded in 1983 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048329703-QZZXMOFEVRTHT53W38D9/0-3-1.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2021, Week 1: 5/3 – 5/8 - Clearing a structure in the South Wadi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048330002-H2M0UVPT3LHWIQCA1CMZ/Screen-Shot-2021-05-11-at-4.11.53-PM.png Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2021, Week 1: 5/3 – 5/8 - Central City Oat Tell Al-Amarna Central City Oat Tell Al-Amarna https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2019-2020-week-9-1-25 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046297555-VU4FY3B5S3RBI49CPXFB/House-E-Covered-min-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 9: 1/25 - House E with a protective covering of sand https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2019-2020-week-8-1-18-1-23 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048267368-TMY32ZWM87IQGXUVQ4L7/82916174_3011250585566408_7358434332840558592_n-1024x768.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 8: 1/18 - 1/23 - Bettina Bader recording a pot stand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046296660-M7PXJH4KJ9S324J4GERU/IMG_6662-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 8: 1/18 - 1/23 - Photograph of a faience bowl fragment with a duck from House E https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2019-2020-week-7-1-11-1-16 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046295216-XTFZ7QD0L95Q3PNM4OWX/1-N.-Pal.-wall-restoration-1-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 7: 1/11-1/16 - Restoration of the North Palace’s main enclosure wall on the south side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048327305-ZMRL0QWVIQ4HLDBD9EGE/2-N.-Pal.-restoration-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 7: 1/11-1/16 - Restoration work on the casemate core of the North Palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/223764d8-afff-4661-84d9-bc0ff94765fa/3-making-bricks-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 7: 1/11-1/16 - Mud bricks being made for next season at the ‘South Palace’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048326863-G5OU23PLWD6OWOQ4FT4T/4-Tom-recording-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 7: 1/11-1/16 - Tom Hardwick recording House F https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2019-2020-week-6-1-4-1-9 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046225718-X872K3QX88T2EE45VZXI/1-core-of-North-Palace-cleaned-1024x575.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 6: 1/4-1/9 - The cleaned southwestern face of the casemate core of the North Palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046294556-KCEICOST04CUO6SZNVUP/2.North-Palace-casemates-copy.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 6: 1/4-1/9 - Plan of the casemate core of the North Palace https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2019-2020-week-5-12-28-1-2 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046294255-CE35TZOYWNEOGB0QRJZM/3.-Floatatation-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 5: 12/28-1/2 - Cleaning the southern enclosure wall of the North Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048326304-6IB1WK45OJ4E92TJJAMB/1.-The-south-enbclosure-wall-ofthe-N.-Palace-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 5: 12/28-1/2 - Cleaning the southern enclosure wall of the North Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046293617-OFM0WVEQCQRNX72RSC5W/2.-rstoration-on-the-South-Palace-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 5: 12/28-1/2 - Restoration work on the ‘South Palace.’ https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2019-2020-week-4-12-21-12-26 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046291155-LCF8CLGG6E220P0Q9HXO/1-Wine-Jar-House-F.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 4: 12/21-12/26 - Wine Jar as found in House F https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048321203-KOK3142ZUJ21NBDHNZO6/2-South-enclosure-wall-N.-Palace-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 4: 12/21-12/26 - Infilling some of the casemate foundations in the North Palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046291956-2GF8TQ3AWXK14M8W8M1A/3-Siftng-Reisner-dump-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 4: 12/21-12/26 - Sifting Reisner’s dump in the North Palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048323205-29QNCY90OSMW9178225N/4-Filling-case-mates-N.Pal_.-1-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 4: 12/21-12/26 - Exposing the southern enclosure wall of the North Palace https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2019-2020-week-3-12-14-12-19 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046288256-QOH2YQGPZ90SUTT9SZEM/1-F-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 3: 12/14-12/19 - The mound of House F cut by a roadway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046287652-RLLPLL9Z4IPAPMM9HMLE/2-egg-deposit-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 3: 12/14-12/19 - Deposit of seal fragments and mud ‘eggs' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046289054-CXCCJE44JO5TBEZUNARK/3-eggs-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 3: 12/14-12/19 - Some of the hundreds of mud ‘eggs' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048319903-CCYKBDK49TASO6BYGVMP/4-Nick-and-UCLA-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 3: 12/14-12/19 - Nick Brown showing the UCLA group the North Place https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2019-2020-week-2-12-8-12-12 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046286159-683K6SX9NGGP6ETD3SM8/1.-Tony-supervising-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 2: 12/8-12/12 - Tony Crosby supervising reconstruction work on House D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048319168-OWEFRS6A1P90ERRRGKM7/2-Grindsone.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 2: 12/8-12/12 - Quarzite grindstone from House D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046286623-F6WC9HZZKDT7W33IDKO1/3-Nick-Brown-E-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 2: 12/8-12/12 - Nick Brown working in House E https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046286721-J2S3MUHHGFU0UZEW0EXH/4.-Piet-Collet-survey-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 2: 12/8-12/12 - Piet Collet surveying the houses by the North Palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048319703-DCE4MOA1T0EWOB0IXHTG/5-Vicky-E-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 2: 12/8-12/12 - Vicky Jensen in the yard west of House E https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-2019-2020-week-1-12-1-12-6 monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046285257-AEKNBSFM9ISK0G94X7V4/IMG_6311-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 1: 12/1-12/6 - Nick Brown drawing a section of the fill of the ‘South Palace’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048318162-I6L1FTQTZR64SLFXKNCH/IMG_6329-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 1: 12/1-12/6 - Cleaning the protective layer of sand off House D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048318369-8RGXBM9RVN8UX25KJAOF/IMG_6330-scaled.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2019-2020, Week 1: 12/1-12/6 - Preparing the mud mortar for the brick restoration https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-week-five monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048314504-J0ICWGOR288T1N6FB08A/w51.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Five: 1/3 – 1/10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048315004-WWVMUHRCBMO5R92M1UKF/w52.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Five: 1/3 – 1/10 - Side view of the partially restored façade of the ‘South Palace’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048315304-AXIGNUKSML2BO9JTSINV/w53.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Five: 1/3 – 1/10 - The stairway blocked with bricks and covered with sand and dirt https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-week-four monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048312268-V0V2QHWX6QCI718ULXEB/w41.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Four: 12/30 – 1/2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046279653-E7A2CDK4OPAHK3418XFT/w42.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Four: 12/30 – 1/2 - Wood and casts of timbers used to strengthen inner wall of staircase in the ‘South Palace.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046283254-YVEAVA33UWHQLQV5T091/w44.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Four: 12/30 – 1/2 - Capping the collapsed brick from the façade of the ‘South Palace.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046280762-C88H7CGH0BFIEEWJP4JO/w43.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Four: 12/30 – 1/2 - Filling in the looter’s hole in the façade of the ‘South Palace.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046283058-42DA9HZSXRIKALHC5MOD/w45.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Four: 12/30 – 1/2 - Our colleagues from the Qena Inspectorate visiting the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048313903-5AORY6E4KA9MFCTUDAL0/w46.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Four: 12/30 – 1/2 - ‘House A’ by the North Palace in danger from the encroaching modern cemetery. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-week-three monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046278357-4MBZE16OIXP0BJVIIVWQ/w31.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Three: 12/22 – 12/28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046279155-UWAG1O754WXSAK89237Q/w32.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Three: 12/22 – 12/28 - The ‘South Palace’ façade and casemates cleaned with new mud bricks stacked awaiting reconstruction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048311803-45JFSCRFAE5F0ASSC7OX/w33.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Three: 12/22 – 12/28 - Emplacement for a possible stone step at base of staircase https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-week-two monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048310804-4MZ4KYX54ZNNQP2N120U/w21.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Two: 12/15 – 12/21 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048311069-XH3DZ6QF8PHPA8GBAT31/w22.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Two: 12/15 – 12/21 - Salima and Nicholas escaping the cold wind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046277758-EK98G1NX3JXOXD9ZSQ3S/w23.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Two: 12/15 – 12/21 - Reisner’s plan of the chapel and crypt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048311272-50C35HSVZX0981MTJWGF/w24.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week Two: 12/15 – 12/21 - The plaster platform https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/deir-el-ballas-week-one monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048309503-M91ANEJGUM1CLQPHG8BY/0.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week One: 12/10-12/15 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786046276119-23ENCXNOQAZ4OBNRDRN3/0-1.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week One: 12/10-12/15 - Cleaning the façade of the “South Palace” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048310504-G9MT02RVGH6JN57H12NT/0-2.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week One: 12/10-12/15 - Vicky Jensen drawing a wooden architectural element from the “South Palace” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048310202-TZDOKRVKRE4ENO4IYGCQ/0-3.jpg Excavation Blog - Deir el-Ballas 2018-2019, Week One: 12/10-12/15 - Goats also helping clean up the trash around the North Palace https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/another-brick-in-the-wall monthly 0.5 2026-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048307204-7WYRG1UTE4S6ZHPJFI4A/0.jpg Excavation Blog - Another Brick in the Wall - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/reunited monthly 0.5 2026-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048302367-RG07CZMSSJ4YEHB950Y2/reunited-1.jpg Excavation Blog - Reunited! - From left to right: Niv Allon, Christian Knoblauch, Peter Lacovara and Bettina Bader in a chilly Boston. https://www.aehaf.org/excavation/debating-deir-el-ballas monthly 0.5 2026-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a7225040f60f66f568d5f97/1786048292305-OJKD4GUB8TAGZXC1DRWF/Vienna-conference-courtesy-of-Irmgard-Hein.jpg Excavation Blog - Debating Deir el-Ballas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your 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