NOVA/Sphinx Encore Presentation

Be sure to catch an encore broadcast of the Writers Guild Award nominated Riddles Of The Sphinx on NOVA, Wednesday May 18th at 9:00 pm on PBS (check local listings). This documentary, filmed by Providence Pictures producer Gary Glassman, looks to uncover the truths...

Volunteering Time At Giza

Posted by Steve LaPidus I have spent the last six weeks as a volunteer on the AERA Giza Plateau Project with some of the most interesting and knowledgeable people I have ever met. I went on a site tour set up for the team early on in the schedule. We had a chance to...

Fragments of History

Posted by John Nolan It’s been a very busy 18 days for the AERA Sealings Team, consisting of Ali Witsell (University of Chicago graduate student and AERA Publications team member) and John Nolan (AERA Associate Director and Senior Epigrapher). Way back on April...

Stories from the Stones

Posted by Sabine Boos As everybody knows, people in ancient Egypt used stone to build their monuments and statues. What is much less known, however, is that a large number of their tools were made of stone and this holds true for the Predynastic period as well as for...

Light and Shadows

Posted by Hilary McDonald Archaeological photography is a diverse field. Much of it is a waiting game dependent on sun and wind to work with everyone’s schedules. The time must be right when a full excavation space can be cleared of tools (and people) and look...