The archaeological site of Medamud in Upper Egypt underwent initial excavation by the Institut français d’Archéologie Orientale (IFAO) between 1925 and 1940. Resuming fieldwork in 2015 the site's renewed exploration highlighted its significance as a prominent pottery production centre. Pottery production, documented across seven workshops from the Second Intermediate Period to the Late Roman era, was so intensive that the city was later renamed Keramiké during the Roman period. 
Medamud was an exceptional site for the manufacture and production of pottery from very early times, dating back to at least the 2nd Intermediate Period and probably extending into the late Roman period. We have the first evidence of this production thanks to the excavations of Bisson de la Roque in 1928 who, with the help of E. Drioton, carried out a survey and partial excavation of a point to the south of the Kom, where there was a high hill and some adobe walls. This excavation revealed at least 7 circular pottery kilns, with buttresses and surrounding walls.

Since 2014, a number of new excavations have been carried out in the temple area as well as in the kom. Thanks to these activities, it has been possible to ascertain that the kom is largely occupied by ceramic workshops of which numerous ceramic kilns have been preserved and that the ceramic production covers many different categories. We have decorated table ware, food presentation and storage ware and transport ware such as amphorae. Amphora production is documented from at least the Ptolemaic period and may date back to the 1st century AD. These amphorae sometimes have impressed seals on the handles.