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Nader El-Hassanin

nader@ge.m at gmail dot com

Prehistoric Archaeology; Environmental Archaeology; Predynastic Egypt

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Cairo University


Opération de terrain 23131 Prospection au Ouadi Oum Sallam, désert oriental sud

Member of the NUBTI Project (Naqada Unified Base for Tomb Information), in collaboration with the Petrie Museum (London)

PhD in Prehistory and Environmental Archaeology, Cairo University (2024)

Teaching courses in Prehistory and Environmental Archaeology (undergraduate and postgraduate levels)

Rock art documentation and interpretation in the Eastern and Western Deserts of Egypt
Lithic analysis and technological traditions
Prehistoric landscapes and human environment interactions
Settlement patterns and mobility in arid environments

NUBTI Project (Naqada Unified Base for Tomb Information) – Research member (IFAO)
Saqqara Archaeological Mission (Cairo University) – Field archaeologist (Cairo University)
Darb El-Tawil Project (Cologne University) – Research member (Cologne University)
Khufu Project (Cologne University) – Research member (Cologne University)

El-Hassanin, N., ATALLAH, M., RIEMER, H., & KUPER, R. (2024). MUDPANS A REVIEW INTO THE PREHISTORY OF THE ABU BALLAS AREA (WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT. Shedet, 13(13), 56-73.‏

Brémont, Axelle, et al. "The ‘lost tombs’ of Naqada: 735 assemblages reconstructed from Petrie’s archival material and a new look at a long-known cemetery site." Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale (BIFAO) 125 (2025).‏

El Aguizy, O. M., Gobashy, M. M., Metwally, A., Soliman, K. S., & El-Hassanin, N. (2020). The discovery of the tomb of the great army General Iwrhya: A quasi 3D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), Saqqara, Giza, Egypt. Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy, 50(4), 425-446.‏

Ali, A. et al. (incl. N. El-Hassanin), A Selection of Ptolemaic Anthropoid Sarcophagi in Cairo, AUC Press, 2021.

El-Hassanin, N. & Brémont, A., “Overview of the Prehistoric rock art at Mudpans (Dakhla region): Topographic distribution and attempts at dating” Third International Conference –The Rock Art Of Northern Africa, Brussels, Belgium, 12-14 September 2023 (in press)

Echoes of Nomadic Heritage: “Eastpans 95/2 in Egypt’s Western Desert” – Cologne Summer School, Dakhla Oasis, 2023.

Overview of the Prehistoric Rock Art at Mudpans (Dakhla region): Topographic distribution and attempts at dating – 3rd International Conference of the Rock Art of Northern Africa, Brussels, 2023.

Environmental Archaeology in Egypt’s Western Desert – Lecture, Cairo University, 2022.

Documentation and Digital Heritage Management in Predynastic Cemeteries – ARCE Doctoral Fellows Workshop, Cairo, 2022.


Co-organizer, Cologne Summer School, Dakhla Oasis, 2023.
Co-organizer, Workshop on Digital Epigraphy and Academic Publishing, American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), 2022–2023.

Contributor to the NUBTI Project database (Naqada Unified Base for Tomb Information) at IFAO and the Petrie Museum.

Contributor to the Grand Egyptian Museum Archaeological Database (JICA Project - 2011).