2019 Sponsored Projects

The Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition participated in the salvage campaign in the Fourth Cataract of the Nile occasioned by the creation of the reservoir behind the Merowe Dam, which occurred in 2008. Excavations and surveys were carried out at the...

The Domitian villa, located in the comune of Sabaudia (LT) in Italy is a majestic, long living, roman imperial residence that occupies a peninsula of 46 hectares facing from east the Lake of Paola. This villa, as important and articulated as the Adrian’s...

“Excavations in the South Region of Chersonesos, 2001-2006: A Multidisciplinary Approach” will be a multi-authored publication coordinated by Dr. Adam Rabinowitz in collaboration with Larissa Sedikova of the Museum-Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, with...

The Madrague de Giens wreck is one of the major milestones of nautical archaeology. For ten years (from 1972 to 1982) a team of maritime archaeologists began what constituted the first large scale, truly scientific, underwater excavation carried out in...

The city of Pompeii was sealed in 79 A.D. by the eruption masses of Vesuvius at the Gulf of Naples in southern Italy. Thanks to this catastrophic event, Pompeii offers a unique set of data for the study of the urban fabric, various aspects of daily life...

Located on a natural terrace on the western bank of the Euphrates, Mari (Tell Hariri, Syria) is a new city established in the Syro-Mesopotamian region around 2900 BC. Its privileged location makes it one of the most important Near Eastern cities of the 3...

The town-site of Yer Kurgan is situated in Kasan District, Qashkadaryo Viloyati, Uzbekistan. It is the second largest in Sogdiana (its area 170 hectares, i.e. 420 acres). Due it is unusual history, Yer-Kurgan is the only significant Sogdian site were the...

The spectacular ruins of Old Kandahar, in south Afghanistan, lie a little to the west of the modern city of the same name. A massive packed clay citadel is surrounded by a large enclosure of eroding mud brick fortifications running across the agricultural...

The ancient town of Edfu is situated on the west bank of the Nile, halfway between Luxor and Aswan. Two names, Behedet and Djeba, are attested for Edfu for the Pharaonic Period. There is evidence for the former from the Old Kingdom onwards. Djeba, however...

Published 2025. Please also view the publication's webpage Underwater archaeology in Israel began in 1960 and, already then, traces of submerged settlements were discovered. The first research took place in 1969, when the Neve-Yam site was exposed by a...