March - 18 May 2004 Balat ('Ayn-Asil, Dakhla Oasis) 20 December 2003 - 4 May 2004 Baouit 11–29 September 2003 Cairo, on the Ayyoubide Wall (mediaeval) 12 April - 12 June 2003 7 October - 22 November 2003 26 April - 15 June 2004 Deir el-Bahri, with Nathalie Beaux-Grimal Deir el-Medina Dendera, conducted by Sylvie Cauville 27 September - 25 October 2003 Ermant (temple of Montu), by Christophe Tiers 12–15 December 2003 Karnak-North (Treasury of Thutmose I) November 2003 - February 2004 Ouadi Sannour, directed by François Briois and Béatrix Midant-Reynes 2014 to present Qal' At Al-Guindi 17 February-6 March 2004 the temple of Qasr Al-Aguz April 2001, carried out by Pr Claude Traunecker (1st expedition) 10 April 2004 - 29 April 2004 (4th expedition) Saqqara-South, directed by Vassil Dobrev 8 October 2003 - 30 December 2003 Tebtunis (in the Fayum), joint mission with the University of Milan 1994 (1st expedition) 25 August - 30 October 2003 in the area of Aïn Soukhna, joint with the University Paris IV-Sorbonne Tanis Tinnîs, in collaboration with the British expedition of the University of Cambridge 5–17 April 2004 El Tôd, carried out by Christophe Thiers (6th expedition) 15 November - 11 December 2003 Tuna el-Gebel (Tomb of Petosiris), by Jean-Pierre Corteggiani Publications The Institute has a library containing more than 80,000 volumes, and also publishes a variety of books and journals. The IFAO's scientific members belong to two sections: the first studies ancient Egyptian and papyrological matters, while the second studies the Coptic and Islamic periods. Journals and book series of the IFAO include: Annales islamologiques (AnIsl) Bibliothèque d'études Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques (BCAI) Bulletin de la céramique égyptienne (BCE) Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (BIFAO) Cahiers des Annales islamologiques (CAI) Cahiers de la céramique égyptienne (CCE) Documents de fouilles de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale (DFIFAO) Études alexandrines Études urbaines Fouilles de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale (FIFAO) Mémoires publiés par les membres de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale (MIFAO) Mémoires publiés par les membres de la Mission archéologique française du Caire (MMAF) Paléographie hiéroglyphique Publications du Service des antiquités de l'Égypte et de l'Ifao (PIFAO) Recherches d'archéologie, de philologie et d'histoire (RAPH) Répertoire chronologique d'épigraphie arabe (RCEA) Textes arabes et études islamiques Temples ptolémaïques Textes et traductions d'auteurs orientaux (TTA) Voyageurs occidentaux en Égypte'' References External links MacScribe (IFAO's hieroglyphic text processing software) 1880 establishments in Egypt Research institutes in Egypt Archaeological