Team
Kamil Kuraszkiewicz
Archaeologist, Egyptologist, professor at the Department of Egyptology at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw, director of the Saqqara West Expedition and of the Archaeo-Oriental Studies project. His research interests include Egypt in the 3rd millennium BC, with particular emphasis on royal power and its attributes and manifestations, state administration as well as on architecture and contacts with neighbouring areas during the Old Kingdom. ttributes and manifestations, state administration as well as on architecture and contacts with neighbouring areas during the Old Kingdom.
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8429-4645
Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin
Archaeologist and bioarchaeologist specialising in funerary archaeology and the study of human remains in Egypt and Sudan. Her research is focused on exploring the human-environment and intercultural relationships in the past, with particular focus on human biological and cultural responses to environmental stressors in Northeast Africa. Her line of work is to analyse patterns of health and disease, trauma and violence, subsistence and mobility in archaeological populations in Egypt and Sudan. Director of the “Life and Death in trying Times” project. Deputy director of the Saqqara West Expedition.
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0396-7623
Jarosław Dąbrowski
An archaeologist and photographer, he has been working with the expedition since 2005, creating the highest quality photographic documentation.
Lucia Fernandez Rabanal
Mediterranean archaeology specialist with fieldwork experience across Europe and Africa. Her research focuses on archaeological ceramics and archaeometric analysis, particularly Egyptian ritualistic pottery. She has organized several archaeology-related exhibitions and taught courses, including a Master's in Egyptology and Orientalism at the University of León. She has led the pottery department at the Valley of the Nobles (Dynasty XVIII) and worked with institutions such as the British Museum and the Egyptian Museum of Barcelona.
Salima Ikram
Distinguished University Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. An archaeologist and museologist,she has excavated in Egypt, Turkey and Sudan. She directs the Valley of the Kings Amenmesse Mission-KV10/KV63 and the North Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the British Academy, Dr. Ikram has published extensively in both scholarly and popular venues on subject matters ranging from traditional Egyptological subjects to zooarchaeological topics.
Karolina Kocyła
Authorised architect at M.O.C. Architects. Graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the Wrocław University of Technology with a specialisation in Historic Preservation. She also studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in the Department of Conservation and Historic Preservation. She has a strong passion for designing public buildings, especially in a historical context. On a mission, she is a draughtswoman and documenter of architecture and discovered artefacts. Eager to use modern technologies in design and documentation.
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Agnieszka Kowalska
Archaeologist and a core member of the Saqqara West Expedition since 1999. She has been responsible for the excavation and study of funerary contexts, and documenting and cataloguing artefact.
Emily Marlow
Forensic anthropologist/osteologist for SNA International, working in support of the U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in Honolulu, Hawaii, since 2016. Her doctoral research was focused on metric sex estimation of ancient Egyptian skeletal remains. She joined the Saqqara West Expedition in 2015, and has since provided her analytical support and expertise in the study of human remains.
Mateusz Osiadacz
Archaeologist, 3D graphic designer, filmmaker, and business owner. Co-founder of Bevel Studio. Former long-time employee of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, with responsibility for 3D digitization. His work focuses in particular on virtual museology, 3D reconstruction of historical monuments and archaeological sites, multimedia-based heritage visualization and promotion, as well as interactive methods of sharing digital resources.
Magdalena Woźniak
Archaeologist specialising in the textile production and dress practices in the Nile Valley (Egypt and Sudan). In the project, she is responsible for the documentation and analysis of the funerary textile remains, including fibre identification to trace possible shifts in the textile economy related to the climatic conditions, and the mapping of their distribution on the body. Magda’s research will provide an evidence-based insight into the ancient Egyptian textile production, dress making and textile use in the funerary practices at Saqqara.
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3551-2762
Sara Zdunek
Egyptologist and student of archaeology. She is interested in archaeobotany, particularly wood, as well as medicine and medicinal plants in Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East. She has been working at Saqqara since 2020 and is currently researching shells found during excavations.
Said Kereti
Rais – head of the Egyptian working team, right hand of the expedition director, indispensable problem solver, colleague and friend since 2001.