Filling the gaps: towards a comprehensive list of archaeological sites in the Kharga Oasis, Egypt’s Western Desert

In comparison with the well-established and long-running archaeological excavations along the Nile Valley, the study of the antiquities located in the Western Desert oases dates to relatively recent times. In the Kharga Oasis, in particular, beside a number of projects focusing on specific archaeological sites, two large-scale survey projects were launched in the last twenty years with the aim to document the existence and position of hundreds of other archaeological sites of all sizes, that lie scattered around. As of today, only a small number of sites remain totally undocumented, but many of them are in immediate danger of being destroyed by the modern agricultural expansion. This article provides a first, short description of each of them, hoping that future investigations will reveal further, precious information.