Beginning in 2004 as a preservation effort against rising groundwater and salt damage, work at Hawara expanded in 2008 with ground-penetrating radar, tomography, electromagnetic and resistivity surveys. The geophysical team was a joint project of NRIAG, Ghent University and Louis de Cordier’s Foundation; a Polish–Egyptian mission with Cairo University also worked at the site.
2008 joint survey scanned Amenemhat III’s pyramid at Hawara
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Key facts
- Work began in 2004 to address rising groundwater and salt damage at Hawara.
- The 2008 campaign used ground-penetrating radar, electrical resistivity tomography and electromagnetic methods, including TEM, GEM and VLF-EM.
- The survey was a joint effort involving NRIAG, Ghent University and Louis de Cordier’s Foundation.
- Louis de Cordier’s Mataha project contributed through that joint team rather than operating outside collaboration with Egyptian institutions.
- A Polish–Egyptian mission involving Cairo University also worked at Hawara, but the supplied results do not support identifying its leader only as “Dr. Adam.”
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Amenemhat III is thought to have constructed two pyramids, one at Hawara and another a Dahshur. It is believed that the pyramid a Dahshur was abandoned in ...
The Lost Egyptian Labyrinth of Hawaratheancientconnection.com
The Pyramid of Hawara is attributed to the Pharaoh Amenemhet III of the 12th Dynasty in ancient Egypt and is located about 9 kilometers east of the oasis of ...
The lost Egyptian labyrinththe-past.com
Hawara is the location of the eroded mud-brick core of the pyramid of the Twelfth Dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat III (c.1855-1808 BC), which is ...
Labyrinth of Egypten.wikipedia.org
The Labyrinth of Egypt was a structure, or temple, built south of Amenemhat III's pyramid at Hawara. Not much is known about its use, but it was probably a ...
Hawaraen.wikipedia.org
It is the site of a pyramid built by King Amenemhat III of the 12th dynasty, between the 19th and 18th centuries BC. Amenemhat III was the last powerful situ.
Mapping of subsoil water level and its impacts on Hawara ...html.rhhz.net
by M Usama · 2010 · Cited by 21 — Abstract: Transient ElectroMagnetic (TEM) sounding and Ground ElectroMagnetic (GEM) profiling have been conducted at Hawara archeological area, El Fayoum, Egypt ...
Preliminary Report on Excavations in the Nabataean Town ...academia.edu
Excavations in 2008 revealed critical findings about civilian life in ancient Hawara during Roman occupation. Targeted four areas around the Roman fort to ...
(PDF) VLF‐EM study for archaeological investigation of the ...researchgate.net
The Hawara area is about 90 km south of Cairo and is the location of an important archaeological site known as the labyrinth mortuary temple ...
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