National Network
Austria
Address
Strohgasse 45
A – 1030 Wien
Austria
Telephone
+43 (0)1 51581-6102 /6101
Telephone (other)
+ 43 (0)1 4277-43101
Fax
+ 43 (0)1 51581-6114
E-Mail
manfred.bietak@univie.ac.at
E-Mail (2)
dagmar.melman@assoc.oeaw.ac.at
Mobile Phone
+ 43 (0)664 434 12 74
Mobile Phone (other)
+201 066 80 733
Website
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1999
Fields of Activity
- International/Cultural relations
- Research
General Information
Special Research Programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, jointly funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Academy, serving also as interface for the Institute of Egyptology and the Vienna Institute of Archaeological Sciences (VIAS), both Univ. of Vienna, and the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Cairo, each with different resources.
The programme of SCIEM 2000 has 12-14 projects with directors based at different universities and institutions.
3.5 staff members are funded by the Academy, 14 by the FWF, numerous partners inland and abroad (s. website).
Mission and Objectives
The joint aim is interdisciplinary historical and archaeological research in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Main Projects / Activities
Main projects: excavations at Tell el Daba, Nile Delta, and in the Asasif in Luxor, sometimes at T. el Ajjul in Gaza, research on chronology and its synchronisation, on acculturation and on material culture.
Contact (1) Full Name
Mag. Dagmar Melman
Head of the organisation
o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Bietak
Contact (2) Full Name
Dr. Angela Schwab