ARCHaEOLOGIcal field school for
supreme coucil of antiquities InSPEctors

At the request of the SCA Director of the Area of Western Thebes, Mr. Aly El-Asfar, MAIL held a field course in archaeology for inspectors from the Luxor region. The school was attended by twenty-seven participants who followed classes given by members of MAIL at Hotel Marsam, residence of the mission (Fig. 9).
Following the classes the participants were given fifteen days of training in the Tomb of Harwa and at the Temple of Amenhotep Son of Hapu (Fig. 10). Gli ispettori hanno così avuto modo di applicare sul campo le nozioni di archeologia impartite loro durante il corso teorico.
Inspectors were thus given the opportunity to apply in the field the archaeological skills they had learnt during the classes. The participants in the school showed great enthusiasm for and attentiveness in both the classes and field activities. They were mainly trained in excavation and the preparation for it, stratigraphy, field documentation, recording of small-finds and the use of instruments such as the total station and optical level. The participants also expressed their desire to continue the training. MAIL and the local authorities of the SCA have already agreed to continue the Field School next spring (2006). At that time, MAIL will continue its epigraphic activities in the tombs of Harwa (TT 37) and Pabasa (TT 279). Excavations in the Temple of Amenhotep Son of Hapu will then be resumed by inspectors who will have also the opportunity of learning epigraphic techniques by joining the MAIL team in Harwa and Pabasa.