Research at the top of the hill and the sites in Abusir south, Egypt Arab Republic

该项目自1991年12月以来一直在北萨卡拉石灰岩露头的顶部进行挖掘。挖掘工作发现了一个巨大的石灰石纪念碑，是第19王朝拉美西斯二世的儿子Khaemwaset。这次挖掘的目的有两个：完成石碑的挖掘，并确定纪念碑周围的结构。外墙的南部和纪念碑的西南角被发现，这座纪念碑的整体结构在这个季节被揭示出来。它的总尺寸是25米（南北）乘30米（东西）。在纪念碑的西北角发现的地基沉积物包括几只刻有Khaemwaset的名字和头衔的彩陶圣甲虫，这表明这座纪念碑是由王子本人建立的。在纪念碑的东面和北面分别开挖了一条石灰石路线和一条石灰石路面。它们的年代似乎晚于纪念碑本身，尽管它们的确切日期尚未确定。从场地的西坡上，收集了许多物品，包括蓝色彩绘陶器的碎片。它们表明，该遗址上存在着王朝中期的某些建筑，正如在上一季发现的砖块所推测的那样，这些砖块上印有Amenophis II和Tuthmosis （IV?）．对发现物的分析表明，从第18王朝到拜占庭时期，该遗址被占领了近两千年。

The project has been carrying out excavation on the summit of a limestone outcrop at North Saqqara since December 1991. The excavations have uncovered a large limestone monument of Khaemwaset, the forthe son of Ramesses II of Dynasty 19. The purposes of the excavation of this season was two-fold : to complete excavation of the stone monument, and to identify structures around the monument.A southern part of an outer wall and the south-west corner of the monument were uncovered, and the overall structure of this monument was revealed during the season. Its general dimensions are 25m (north-south) by 30m (east-west). A foundation deposit discovered at the north-west corner of the monument include several faience scarabs inscribed with the name and titles of Khaemwaset, indicating that the monument was founded by the prince himself.A limestone alignment and a limestone pavement were excavated to the east and to the north of the monument respectively. They seem to date to a period later than the monument itself, though their precise date has not yet been determined. From the west slope of the site, a number of objects including fragments of blue painted pottery were collected. They indicate that certain structures of the middle Dynasty 18 existed at the site, as was supposed from bricks which were recovered in the last season, and stamped with cartouches of Amenophis II and Tuthmosis (IV? ).An analysis of finds indicates that the site was occupied from Dynasty 18 to the Byzantine period, for almost two thousands years.