Chronique: Results of the Bonn Mission to the rock-necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa, 1959-1984

Review article of E. Edel, K.-J. Seyfried & G. Vieler, Die Felsgräbernekropole der Qubbet el-Hawa bei Assuan. I. Abteilung (Paderborn, 2008). Three major questions are addressed: 1. Does the new report contain information on all the tombs presently known? 2. Does it provide a complete and reliable epigraphic documentation of all the decorated tombs? 3. What is the quality of the archaeological and architectural documentation? Appended is a lengthy series of bibliographical notes, organized in six sections: Early explorers and excavators of the site; Work of the Bonn mission; General sources on the necropolis; Notes on specific tombs; Excavations undertaken since 1984; Coptic remains.