The present campaign, sponsored by the Adam Mickiewicz University Fund in Poznañ, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poznañ Prehistoric Society and the Polish Centre of Archaeology in Cairo, lasted from February 23 to May 6, 2002.1) During the 2002 season most of the excavation work on the western and central koms was carried out within the confines of the trenches traced in 2001. One additional small trench was situated on the southern slope of the central kom. On the eastern kom, two trial trenches were explored and the remains of a cemetery were discovered in one of them. Post-processing work was also conducted on site, dealing with the pottery as well as stone objects, plant, animal and human remains.