Dr Mohamed Kenawi

Archaeologist and Researcher of Hellenistic to Late Roman Egypt

 

I joined EAMENA project in late 2017 first as Researcher and Training Manager at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford and moved to University of Leicester in 2020. Formerly, I was Head Researcher (2011-16), followed by Acting Director (2016-17), of the Hellenistic Center of Bibliotheca Alexandrina. I taught at the American University in Cairo as adjunct faculty, at Catania University as a visiting professor, beside teaching at Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies. I collaborate on different projects with Padua University, Tübingen University, CUNY, New York, and Siena University.  

I documented hundreds of sites in Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, and Tunisia within different survey projects. 

My main research interests are: 

• • The archaeology of the Egyptian Delta 
  • Living Heritage in Mena region: interaction between past and present 
  • The economy of the Roman Empire: the Egyptian case 
  • Transformation of sacred spaces 
  • Survey and documentation of archaeological sites 
  • Conservation of heritage buildings 
  • Reuse of Classical building materials 

Authored and edited books 

Kom al-Ahmer – Kom Wasit I: Excavations in the Metelite Nome, Egypt ca. 700 BC–AD 1000 (Archaeopress, Oxford 2019) 

Unearthing Alexandria’s Archaeology: The Italian Contribution (Archaeopress, Oxford 2018), with Giorgia Marchiori. 

Alexandria's Hinterland: Archaeology of the Western Nile Delta, Egypt (Archaeopress, Oxford 2014).  

Fieldwork 

I have participated in tens of fieldwork in Egypt, Italy, and Libya. I am leading two different archaeological and research projects. I directed the Beheira survey project and co-directed a conservation project at the Amasili house in Rosetta.  

I Participated in various archaeological and survey missions among them those at Kom al-Ahmer/Kom Wasit, Athribis, Dionysias, and Manqbad, and Western Marmarica Coastal Survey.   

Keywords 

Landscape Archaeology, Economy of the Roman world, Living Archaeology, Egyptian Delta, Sacred Spaces.  

Contact 

Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East & North Africa, School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester, 6 University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH