Temples and Town of Elephantine

The 53rd season October 2024 till March 2025 of the German‐Swiss research project in Elephantine included excavations in the Eastern Town and in a domestic quarter south of the Khnum Temple. Measures on heritage conservation and site management were continued with the consolidation and maintenance on central monuments of the archaeological site, and on measures to improve the visitor’s infrastructure and circulation. The reconstructions of the Ptolemaic Temple of Kalabsha and the Roman Temple of Osiris‐Nesmeti were photographically documented. Research on blocks of a Temple building dating to Psametik II was initiated. Study of objects focused on the analyses of Archaeobotanical material, on finds from the Middle Kingdom House 169 and the New Kingdom House H55. The study of Middle Kingdom and Late Period pottery was continued.