Instytut Archeologii

The Dakhleh Oasis Project was formed in 1978 with a  group of six colleagues.  Our results were quickly published and were quite interesting to many  others.  As a result, the community of scholars in the Project grew quickly  and it became increasingly difficult for all the participants to join together in the field quarters.  Colleagues who did not meet in the oasis, had to be able to discuss results and ideas away from the field.  Meetings, then, were organized to be  held in various of the Project members' institutions, every three years.  This meant that colleagues interested in the subjects being studied by the Project could also participate.  A variety of  venues were assigned: Durham, Melbourne, Cairo, to enable various communities to learn about the Project, while we also learned from each other.  This meeting in Krakow in 2015 will be the  eighth in the series.  The papers from each conference are published and form a large body of material.

Anthony J. Mills
Director
Dakhleh Oasis Project

More about Dakhleh Oasis Project : http://artsonline.monash.edu.au/archaeology/excavations-in-dakhleh-oasis-egypt/