by aera | May 12, 2014 | Archive
Applications are now open for the 2015 Giza Archaeological Field Training. Receive fully-professional archaeological field training, and US university course credits, by joining AERA’s Archaeological Field Training program at the Giza pyramids, in 2015. The...
by aera | May 11, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog
by Claire Malleson The excavations this season have all taken place in or around the Silo Building Complex (SBC) to the east of the Khentkawes town area. These excavations began in 2012, and the results of work by specialists on those materials helped us decide where...
by aera | May 1, 2014 | Archive
The Towns of Heit el-Ghurab and Khentkawes at Giza – Exceptions or Prototypes? Ana Tavares is Joint -Field Director at AERA. She also co-directs, with Mohsen Kamel, the AERA/ARCE field-schools. She has worked in Egypt since 1987 at Memphis, Saqqara, Giza, Luxor,...
by aera | Apr 20, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog
By Rabee Aissa and Hussein Rikaby (MSA archaeologists) Our colleague Hanan Mahmoud, archaeologist in the Giza pyramids zone and AERA team member wrote a blog three weeks ago under the title ‘Fighting for Archaeology – the Silo Building Complex’. She...
by aera | Apr 2, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog
By Emmy Malak (AERA archaeologist and object registrar) Mysteries and puzzles can be very exciting, especially when it comes to understanding the lives of the ancient Egyptians. When I started working at Heit el-Ghurab (HeG) nine years ago, I was puzzled by the...
