by AERA | Aug 18, 2023 | News
The entire AERA team mourns the loss of Dr. Richard Redding – our friend, mentor, and colleague – who passed away on May 22, 2023. We extend our deepest condolences to Richard’s loved ones and to everyone whose life he touched. Richard started working with us at the...
by AERA | Sep 21, 2022 | News
Sometime after Lauer mapped the temple, but certainly before the modern asphalt road was laid down, the basalt pavement of the open court underwent “restoration” with displaced stones from the pavement and gray cement. This restoration comprises some 40%...
by AERA | Jun 28, 2022 | News, Reports from the Field
For many years we’ve thought Lagoon 1, the low-lying area at the southern end of the Lost City (Heit el-Ghurab) site, was once an ancient harbor that was used to deliver supplies to the city via the Nile. To the north of this proposed harbor, we found a series...
by aera | Dec 21, 2021 | Featured Content, News
This holiday season we are grateful for all of our members who’ve given us the opportunity to continue our research in Egypt. Thanks to you, we are back in Giza and hard at work on three back-to-back field projects. We are so excited to be able to share this...
by aera | Apr 3, 2021 | Featured Content, News
In “Decoding the Great Pyramid,” AERA’s Mark Lehner, Claire Malleson, Glen Dash, and Richard Redding join Salima Ikram and Pierre Tallet to discuss the latest research into how the Great Pyramid was built and how building it transformed Egyptian...
by AERA | Apr 3, 2021 | Archive
In “Decoding the Great Pyramid,” AERA’s Claire Malleson, Glen Dash, Richard Redding, and Mark Lehner join Salima Ikram and Pierre Tallet to discuss the latest research into how the Great Pyramid was built and how building it transformed Egyptian society. Now PBS is...
by aera | Dec 30, 2020 | Archive
The Egypt Exploration Society will be offering a new lecture by Dr. Claire Malleson, AERA”s Director of Archaeological Science, titled “The economy of “building” the pyramids.” This lecture will offered on January 26th and again on January 28th. When...
by aera | Dec 24, 2020 | Featured Content, News
This year we are especially grateful to our members who’ve given us the opportunity to continue our work throughout this challenging year. Thanks to their support we were able to adapt to changing conditions and continue to search for clues to the development of...
by aera | Oct 13, 2020 | Archive
AERA members are invited to watch the online lecture “The People Who Built the Pyramids – How We Know” given by Dr. Mark Lehner. The lecture will premiere on Saturday, October 17 at 1:00pm ET & be available for viewing for 48 hours. Not an AERA...
by aera | Apr 27, 2020 | News
We are delighted to announce the publication of Treasures from the Lost City of Memphis, by AERA archaeologist Aude Gräzer Ohara. This detailed catalog of the remarkable collection of artifacts from the Mît Rahîna museum is now freely available to students, scholars,...
