Gebel Ramlah was first discovered in 2000 by polish archaeologist Michał Kobusiewicz, and excavation of the first three cemeteries was done in 2001 and 2003.[1] The excavations were led by Kobusiewicz, alongside fellow archaeologists Jacek Kabacinski and Joel D. Irish.[2] These cemeteries were the first Neolithic cemeteries found in the Western Desert, and thus the earliest known in the region.