Gebel Asyut al-gharbi one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt is crucial in
understanding both its history and culture of this country. Despite a great wealth of remains
our knowledge of Asyut and some periods of time concerning the site is still scant. Contrary to
wide-held belief activities on the gebel do not primarily date to the First Intermediate
Period and Middle Kingdom the history of the site is much longer and it continues to hide many
secrets. The first and most important goal posed by Teodozja I. Rzeuska is to present the
lesser known parts of the history of the Asyut necropolis those that are under-represented in
the texts as well as those for which the archaeological evidence is insufficient. This is
where the ceramic material has proven to be an invaluable source which helped to fill gaps in
our knowledge. The second goal is to present the unique character of local pottery in Asyut
especially in comparison with ceramics found in other regions of Egypt.
