Site name: Tell el-Farcha, the Nile Delta, Egypt
Excavations manager: dr Marek Chłodnicki, the Poznań Archaeological Museum and prof. dr hab. Krzysztof M. Ciałowicz (Jagiellonian University)
Project duration: since 1998 until present
External partners: Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University; Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology,Warsaw University; Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the PolishAcademy Of Sciences
Project funding: Polish Science Foundation, JagiellonianUniversity, Patrimonium Foundation, private sponsors
Site history: a Lower Egypt culture settlement, settlements and cemeteries from Predynastic and Early Dynastic periods and the beginnings of theOld Kingdom
Project objectives: the role of the eastern Nile Delta in the formation of the ancient Egyptian state
Methods: excavation research, geophysical work, geological drillings
Research history: 1987-1990 research by Ligabue Study and Research Centre fromVenice, since 1998 research by the Polish Archaeological Mission for the eastern Nile Delta.
Website: www.farkha.org
