Meet the team

Carina van den Hoven

Director, Egyptologist

Bianca Madden

Conservator

Elina Paulin-Grothe

Archaeologist

Ahmed Gad

Conservator

Abdu Osman Taie

Rais, supervising excavator

Ramadan Ahmed Ali 

Site management expert

Mohamed Khalifa

Surveyor

Marco Repole

Infrared 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 the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in documenting, studying, and preserving Egypt’s cultural heritage for future generations. We thank Dr. Sherif Fathy (Minister of Tourism and Antiquities), Dr. Hisham el-Leithy (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 of the Luxor and Qurna Inspectorates of Antiquities: 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).