The earliest mention of the site is by Richard Pococke in 1763.[1] The Napoleontic expedition (1798) mentions the site, and Robert Hay conducted important epigraphic work 1832-3. John Gardiner Wilkinson followed in 1855, and recorded the old kingdom tombs. Nestor L'Hôte and Bonomi traveled the Gebel el-Haridi region during the 19th century.