From Modern Life, We Explain The Past

Posted by Essam Shihab, SCA Archaeologist Modern life provides clues to the past. I started the 2012 season by cleaning the houses in the north side of the Khentkawes causeway in order to record them. We defined the walls, exterior and interior, that form the houses,...

AERA Co-Field Director Kicks Off New Program

Des Moines, Iowa – On the heels of the Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science exhibit opening at the Science Center of Iowa (SCI), AERA Co-Field Director Ana Tavares will visit the Midwestern museum next month as the inaugural guest of its Scientist in...

Back To Barracks – Excavation of Gallery III.3

Posted by Ashraf Abd el-Aziz and Dan Jones The 2012 excavation season sees a return to the Gallery Complex at AERA’s main site of Heit el-Ghurab. The immense size of the complex, which is divided into four sets of elongated galleries, is a defining feature of the...

New Year, New Start

Posted by Ana Tavares, Joint Field Director With the New Year we open a new excavation season in Giza. We have been preparing for weeks: equipment, archives, travel, and housing. Traditionally, we started on site soon after the Coptic Christmas Holiday on 7th of...