North Abydos Votive Zone Project Staff

Expedition Staff

The archaeological research of the North Abydos Votive Zone Project is carried out under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania Museum-Yale University-Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Expedition to Abydos, directed by Dr. David O'Connor and Dr. William Kelly Simpson. Ongoing research and analysis has been made possible by a Connaught Start-Up Grant from the University of Toronto.

The Project is under the direction of Dr. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner, Undergraduate Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Egyptian Archaeology in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner

Project Director

North Abydos 1996 project crew

North Abydos 1996 project members at the Expedition house

North Abydos 1997 project crew

Members of the North Abydos 1997 project at the Expedition house

The expedition has enjoyed the support and participation of many Egyptian colleagues. We gratefully acknowledge the generous assistance of the Permanent Committee of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, particularly Secretary General Dr. Zahi Hawass and his predecesors Dr. Abd el-Halim Nour ed-Din and Dr. Ali Hassan. Thanks are also due to Dr. Mohammed el-Saghir, Dr. Yahia Sabri el-Masry, and Mr. Ahmed Khattib, and to our inspectors: Mr. Adel Makary, Mr. Mohammed Gamal Sa'ad ed-Din, and Mr. Mahmoud Mustafa Mohammed. The Cairo staff of the American Research Center in Egypt and Mr. Mark Easton, former Director of the Cairo office, went far beyond the call of duty in assisting us, and their encouragement greatly contributed to the success of the project.

The archaeological staff of the North Abydos Votive Zone project in 1996 included an international team of specialists, as well as trained archaeological excavators from Quft and local Egyptian workmen and boys, who worked under the supervision of Reis Ibrahim of Quft. Our Inspectors from the Supreme Council of Antiquities were Mr. Mohammed Gamal Sa'ad ed-Din and Mr. Mahmoud Mustafa Mohammed.

The team involved in the1996 fieldwork included: Dawn Landua McCormack (University of Pennsylvania), Ellen Morris (University of Pennsylvania), John Ellsworth (Chicago), Mark Stone (Yale University), and Geoffrey Metz (Uppsala University).

The archaeological staff of the North Abydos Votive Zone project in 1997 also included an international team of specialists, as well as trained archaeological excavators from Quft and local Egyptian workmen and boys, who worked under the supervision of Reis Ibrahim of Quft. Our Inspector from the Supreme Council of Antiquities was Mr. Adel Makary.

The team involved in the1997 fieldwork included: Kurt Wegner (New Hampshire), Ellen Morris (University of Pennsylvania), Brian Smith (University of Chicago), Tamara Bower (New York), Laurel Flentye (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), and Geoffrey Metz (Uppsala University).

A number of students at the University of Toronto have also participated in the research of the Project through internships, work-study positions, and research assistantships. They include: Jessica Selzer, Meghan Macdonald, David Bilton, Erin Kerr, François Roy, Julie Patenaude, and Marina Brown.

North Abydos Votive Zone Project