Sponsored Projects 1997-2019

Hasanlu IVb: The Iron II Cemetery

Hasanlu, ancient name unknown, is located in northwestern Iran just south of Lake Urmia in the valley of the Qadar River in the Zagros Mountains. This fortified citadel settlement rose to prominence in the Late Bronze Age (1450–1250 BC) and early Iron Age...

Hasanlu Tepe (Iran): The Early Iron Age Citadel

PUBLISHED 2013. Please visit the publication's webpage . Hasanlu Tepe is the largest site in the Qadar River valley of northwestern Iran and dominates the small Sulduz plain. The tepe consists of a 25 m high central mound, 13 HA in area, surrounded by a...

PCSX (Publication of the 1975-1977 Excavations of the Courtyard of the Xth Pylon) in Karnak

The precinct area of the Amun temple at Karnak constitutes one of the largest religious complexes of ancient Egypt and was the socio-economic heart of the Pharaonic civilization during 2000 years. Understanding its development remains a top priority for...

Karmi: The Bronze Age Cemeteries at Palealona and Lapatsa in Cyprus. Excavations by JR.B Stewart

PUBLISHED 2009. Please visit the publication's webpage. The Early and Middle Cypriot Bronze Age cemeteries at Lapatsa and Palealona are located near the modem village of Karmi in the foothills of the Pentedaktylos range overlooking the narrow coastal...

Ambelikou-Aletri: A Middle Bronze Age Mining Settlement in Cyprus.

PUBLISHED 2013. Please visit the publication's webpage. Aletri is located near the modem village of Ambelikou in the northwestern foothills of the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus. It lies close to Skouriotissa, one of the most extensive copper ore bodi es on...

Lapithos Vrysi tou Barba, Cyprus. Early and Middle Bronze Age Tombs Excavated by J.L. Myres and M. Markides

PUBLISHED 2018. Please view the publication's webpage. A second volume has been produced from the same grant and may be viewed HERE. This grant is for the publication of a full report on excavations undertaken at Lapithos Vrysi tou Barba on the central...

Peking University’s excavations at Liulihe

The Liulihe site, the capital of the Yan state in the Western Zhou period (ca.1050-770 BC), is located at Beijing Fangshan, not far from the northern end of the Huabei Plain in east China. The site was first found and excavated in 1962 by the archaeology...

Ancient Bactra and Its Oasis (Afghanistan) During Protohistory: The Work Led by the Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan

This grant will be for the study and publication of the final report of the Protohistoric occupation of Ancient Bactra and contemporary sites of Bactra oasis, excavated between 2004 and 2009 by the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA)...

The Citadel of Dur-Katlimmu in Middle and Neo-Assyrian Times

PUBLISHED 2021. Please visit the publication's website. Tell Skeikh Hamad, on the left bank of the Habur in Syria, has been identified with the Assyrian city of Dur-Katlimmu, on account of the Middle Assyrian (13th cent. BC) archive excavated in “Building...

Giza. Eastern Necropolis IV

PUBLISHED 2018. Please visit the publication's webpage. The world-famous Egyptian necropolis at Giza is located to the west of Cairo. It contains unique monuments of the III-I millennia BC preserved under the patronage of UNESCO. The Russian...

Giza. Eastern Necropolis III. The rock-cut tombs.

PUBLISHED 2015. Please visit the publication's webpage. The world-famous Egyptian necropolis at Giza is located to the west of Cairo. It contains unique monuments of the III-I millennia BC preserved under the patronage of UNESCO. The Russian...

The Neolithic Site of Tell Mureybet

PUBLISHED 2008. Please visit the publication's webpage This grant supports the publication of the site of Tell Mureybet, with Late Natufian and Early Neolithic periods (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, including the older Khiamian and the younger Mureybetian...

Publication of the Neolithic sites of Tell Qarassa North and the Natufian sites of Qarassa 3, Syria

This grant will support the publication of the Neolithic (Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) site of Tell Qarassa North and the Natufian site of Qarassa 3, excavated by the director of this publication project, Dr. Juan José Ibáñez , in collaboration with Dr...

Wadi Hammeh 27: An Early Natufian Settlement at Pella in Jordan

PUBLISHED 2013. Please visit the publication's webpage The Natufian period of the Levant (ca.13,000-10,300 BP) witnessed the birth of crucial settlement and subsistence practices in the Levant that laid the foundation for the Neolithic village farming way...

The Maltese Archipelago at the Dawn of History. Reassessment of the 1909 and 1959 Excavations at Qlejgħa tal-Baħrija

PUBLISHED 2020. Please visit the publication's webpage. The Maltese Archipelago (and its deep history) is located at a significant juncture. These islands, situated between the northern and southern shorelines of the Mediterranean, were first inhabited in...

Lingbao, Didong, and Quanjiuli

On the west bank of a tributary to the Yellow river, Didong site (N34°34′03.75”, E110°27′10.55”, 360 meters above sea level) has a total area of 100,000 square meters or so and is one of the sites which has been relatively well-protected in the area of...

Lingbao, Didong, and Quanjiuli

Tell Umm el-Marra, Syria, Early Bronze Age Results: Final Excavation Report

PUBLISHED 2024. Please view the publication's webpage. Excavations at Umm el-Marra (ancient Tuba?) in the Jabbul plain east of Aleppo (36° 08' North, 37°41' East), conducted by the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Amsterdam 1994-2010, have...

Publication of the Neolithic site of Tell Aswad (Damascus Region, Syria)

Tell Aswad is considered to be a reference site for the Neolithic of the Near East. This early farming village is an important part of Syria’s archaeological heritage that is under threat. The site of Tell Aswad is situated at 600 masl and 30 km east of...

Troia 1987 - 2012: Grabungen und Forschungen, Volume I

PUBLISHED 2014. Please visit the publication's webpage The site today known as Troy (Turkish Hisarlik, Homer's Ilios, Greek and RomanIlion/Ilium) is situated in northwestern Asia Minor, five kilometers from the present coastline at the Dardanelles...