Leading an archaeological super team on the banks of the Nile
The archaeology team gets up with the sun at five o’clock each morning. They then work for seven hours under the burning sun in the middle of nowhere in Egypt’s desert landscape among venomous scorpions and lizards. They only stop work for lunch and a typical Egyptian chai tea break. “The most common danger is sunstroke – you cannot get away from the sun”, says Maria Nilsson. “But also workplace a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/leading-archaeological-super-team-banks-nile - 2025-10-03