2025 Sponsored Projects

In the arid Murghab alluvial fan of south-central Turkmenistan, the Bronze and Iron Age campsite Chopantam (UTM 41N, E426997, N4205644) and the urban center Takhirbai-tepe 1 (UTM 41N, E419755, N4213686) were excavated between 2000 and 2002 and in 2006 for...

(Khirbat adh-) Dharih, in Central Jordan, is a 9 hectares site, located in the large valley of the Laaban (southern tributary of the canyon al-Hasa) where runs the South-North historical road of the inner Southern Levant, known as “King’s highway “ ( at...

Heliopolis, the “City of the Sun,” was known in ancient times as Iunu , the capital of the 13° nome of Lower Egypt. The archaeological site is currently located on the northeastern periphery of Cairo, lying beneath the modern districts of Matariya, Arab...

This project will support the publication of a comprehensive monograph on Tell al-Wilayah, a major archaeological site located in Wasit Province in Southeastern Iraq. Tell al-Wilayah was first excavated by Iraqi archaeologists in 1958, and further seasons...

The necropolis of Kalyvia was discovered by chance in September 1901 by a young shepherd from the village of Petrokephali, who came across the fragments of a large bronze laver, two travertine alabastra, some pieces of gold and a stone vessel imitating a...

Bet Khallaf is a Third Egyptian Dynasty (2686-2613 BC ca.) necropolis located on the west bank of the Nile at 26° 19’ North, 31° 47’ East in the desert zone bordering on the crop cultivations, 20 km north of Abydos necropolis (Umm el-Qa’ab), site of the...

The settlement site of the Hill of Agios Georgios is located in the heart of the modern capital Lefkosia (Nicosia) (35° 09′ 58.8′′ N and 33° 21′ 18.9′′ E). Its discovery was the result of the first large scale and systematic exploration conducted within...

The palace complex of Kato Zakros is one of the most important buildings in Minoan Crete, whose form and finds that directly allude to the great palace of Knossos. The site is located in the far-east part of Crete, in a coastal location of great strategic...

A new scholarly volume, Survey of Wadi el-Hudi, Volume 1 , authored by Kate Liszka (recipient of this White Levy Program grant), Meredith Brand , Bryan Kraemer and their team, will soon offer the first modern look into the rich and complex archaeological...

From 1984 to 2011, the Swiss Archaeological Mission excavated Tall al-Hamidiya in Northeast Syria. The Late Bronze Age acropolis, with its monumental structures, including the Southwest Palace (approx. 14,500 m²) and the Central Palace (approx. 38,500 m²)...