Yale Monastic Archaeology Project

"Originally directed by Elizabeth Bolman and an independent consortium of scholars, the excavation of the White Monastery remains is now administered by Stephen J. Davis under the auspices of the Yale Monastic Archaeology Project, with Gillian Pyke serving as director of excavations, Elizabeth Bolman as director of art conservation, and Bentley Layton as director of church documentation. "

http://www.yale.edu/egyptology/ae_white_remains.htm
Copyright 2006 Yale Egyptological Institute in Egypt.
Supported by the William K. and Marilyn M. Simpson Endowment for Egyptology

The Yale Monastic Archaeology Project (YMAP)
also includes
Conservation at the Red Monastery, directed by Elizabeth Bolman, and

Excavations at the Monastery of John the Little, directed by Darlene Brooks Hedstrom.
http://www.yale.edu/egyptology/ae_al-natrun_little.htm"

This organization replaces the Consortium listed below, all of whom remain involved to greater or lesser degrees in the continuing work.

At the Congress of Coptic Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands, in 2000,
Elizabeth Bolman took the lead in organizing this group for
"Research and Conservation
at the Monasteries of the Sohag Region."

participating scholars include:
Elizabeth Bolman, Temple University
Dar Brooks-Hedstrom, Wittenberg University (Ohio)
Gawdat Gabra, Coptic Museum, Cairo
Peter Grossmann, German Archaeological Institute, Cairo (ret.)
Karel Innemée, University of Leiden
Bentley Layton, Yale University
Sheila McNally, University of Minnesota
Philip Sellew, University of Minnesota
Hans-Georg Severin, University of Bonn
Thelma Thomas, University of Michigan

other participating experts include:

Father Maximous, Monastery of St. Antony
Fawzy Estafanous, St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History
Hany N. Takla, St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society

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