Ashmawy, Aiman
Helіopolіs Reports 1
Since 2012, an Egyptian-German archaeological Mission has been working in the temple district of Heliopolis in Matariya/Cairo. Under the circumstances of progressive urban development, findings from the temple buildings and their associated infrastructure were examined in a number of areas. The publication gives an initial overview of the results and presents a selection of important finds. The project is carried out by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Leipzig University, the High School of Applied Sciences Mainz and the German Archaeological Institut – Cairo Branch. The project was funded by the German Research Foundation, the Gerda Henkel Foundation, various other foundations and individual support.
Heliopolis – Kultzentrum unter Kairo
On the occasion of a special exhibition at the Egyptian Museum - Georg Steindorff - of the University of Leipzig, current research results were presented to the general public for a period from January - August 2020. As a part of this the context of the work of the Egyptian-German joint venture at the Temple of Heliopolis was presented, and summarized in the e-book that is now provided. Included in this are essays on finds from Heliopolis from the 3rd-2nd century B.C. which were on loan from the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, as well as on the history of the Egyptian workers on German excavations.
