Surveying the Eastern Desert: new archaeological evidence from Wadi al-Lawi and Wadi Rasras 18 (Aswan-Kom Ombo region)

The Aswan-Kom Ombo Archaeological Project (AKAP) is a joint venture between the University of Bologna and Yale University that has worked in selected areas of the Aswan-Kom Ombo district since 2005. Thanks to an international team with specialisms in archaeology and related disciplines, a wide series of research activities have been conducted. To collect and analyse the multidisciplinary datasets, traditional methods and innovative digital technologies are applied. Many sites have been recorded, ranging from the Palaeolithic to the Islamic period. This paper focuses on some of those found in the Eastern Desert southeast fo the Kom Ombo plain.