The 2005 activities of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Luxor were funded by Compagnia di San Paolo, a private patron and the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry. The insurance covering the members of the mission was provided by Toro Assicurazioni S.p.A. for the seventh year running. The members of the Cultural Association “Harwa 2001” O.N.L.U.S., through their membership subscriptions and donations, substantially contributed to the success of the excavations. Our warmest thanks go to all of them. We also would like to thank the authorities of the Supreme Council of Antiquities who greatly facilitated our activities: Dr. Zahy Hawass, General Director, Sabri Abd el-Aziz, Director of Pharaonic Antiquities, Dr. Holeil Ghali Director of Upper Egyptian Antiquities, Mansur Burek, Overseer of Upper Egyptian Antiquities and Aly el-Asfar, Director of the Area of Western Thebes. Special thanks are due to Ahmed Hassan Ebeid, our inspector, who accompanied the mission and extended his sincere friendship to us. The help and the support given to us by the Italian Government, represented in Egypt by H.E. the Ambassador Antonio Badini and the archaeological expert Dr. Maria Casini, proved, as usual, invaluable. Qurna, December 14th, 2005
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