Amarna Project

New publication: M. Langley, A. Stevens and C. Stimpson. 2025. First Identification of Bone Whistle-Use in Dynastic Egypt. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.

First Identification of Bone Whistle‐Use in Dynastic Egypt Despite over 200 years of intensive academic interest in Pharaonic Egypt, little focus has been given to understanding the production, use, and diversity of the osseous material culture created by th...

New publication! Many congratulations to Dr Anna Hodgkinson on the publication of her new monograph ‘Working in the Suburbs: The Archaeological Remains from Amarna Site M50.14–16’ – just out though the Egypt Exploration Society. The volume presents the excavation, architecture, and evidence for craft activity at a workshop in Amarna’s Main City – and situates the complex against the backdrop of urban industry at Akhetaten. Follow the link for more:

Working in the Suburbs: The Archaeological Remains from Amarna site M50.14–16 Anna Hodgkinson confirms this site’s role as a workshop and reconstructs the inhabitants’ daily lives in the city.

The Amarna Project was among the invitees to a thought-provoking workshop on climate change and heritage adaptation organised by the Egypt Exploration Society in Cairo last year. Great to now see this new research portal on the EES’s webpage with a series of resources on this important and challenging topic:

Climate Change and Heritage Adaptation Exploring challenges and solutions in North and East Africa.

Now online: a preliminary report on the 2023 field season at the Great Aten Temple. To download, please visit: https://www.amarnaproject.com/pages/recent_projects/excavation/great_aten_temple/