The Necropolis of Dahshur Fifth Excavation Report Spring 2008 German Archaeological Institute and Free University of Berlin

In spring 2008, the work of the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo and of the Free University of Berlin at Dahshur was continued. The focus of this season was laid on analysing and documenting the pottery and objects stored in the excavation house of the mission. Parts of the wadi leading to the Bent Pyramid were prospected by Caesium magnetometry. Furthermore a series of drill cores was taken in the wadi and its mouth, in order to collect data for the reconstruction of the ancient landscape in this area and in order to localize the valley temple of the Bent Pyramid and the southern pyramid town of Snefru.