by aera | Jan 30, 2012 | 2012 Field Season, Blog
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,...
by aera | Jan 25, 2012 | Archive
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...
by aera | Jan 23, 2012 | 2012 Field Season, Blog
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...
by aera | Jan 17, 2012 | 2012 Field Season, Blog
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...
by aera | Nov 23, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Ana Tavares, Field School Co-Director After an intense eight weeks of excavation, we reached the end of the Mit Rahina field school. So, just like the palm date pickers at the end of the harvest season, we move on… In August, the date pickers set up...
