The Institute of Archaeology is at the forefront of current archaeological research in the Nile valley, with a number of projects including fieldwork, the study of objects in present-day museum collections and critical research into the history and the present practice of archaeology in Egypt and Sudan (as well as neighbouring regions of Africa and Asia). Researchers at the Institute also have an exceptional track record of applying novel methodologies - derived from diverse areas of the social and historical sciences - to archaeological material from the Nile valley. The Research Network "Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan" serves to pool this expertise.