The focus of my PhD research is the reconstruction of the Nilotic socio-ecosystem of Memnoneia (Luxor, West Bank) during the Ptolemaic period using a transdisciplinary approach that combines the analysis of 34 land sale and lease contracts together with the study of paleogeomorphological data. In this perspective the analysis of the available - and thus far poorly exploited - cartography of the region proves to be decisive. The integration of maps from the 19th and early 20th centuries is essential to better understand the anthropic and geomorphological changes that occurred in the alluvial plain and to establish how quickly the landscape has, and is still changing, and by comparing the cartographic data with lexicographical and geophysical data, to reconstruct the geography during the Ptolemaic period. The analysis of modern maps, especially those dating from before the agrarian reform of Muhammad Ali (1804-1848), provides information on the presence and movements of both anthropogenic and alluvial structures in the study area, such as canals, islands, and roads, as well as the position of the Nile. For this reason, I have selected and georeferenced old (Jollespin 1821; Régnauld de Lannoy de Bissy 1890) and more recent maps, as well as satellite images, for comparison. Their visualization allows us to draw some preliminary conclusions on the evolution of the landscape of this part of Egypt.