AERA’s Team Lectures at the SCA in Cairo

Sunday, 15 March, 2009 Egyptologist Dr. Mark Lehner and his team of interdisciplinary specialists presented their work about the Lost City of the Pyramids at the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Zamalek, Cairo. AERA’s scholars and researchers reveal details...

Oldest Olive Wood in Egypt

AERA’s Multinational Research Team Discovers Oldest Olive Wood in Egypt BOSTON, MA – Researchers at Ancient Egypt Research Associates, Inc., the premier non-profit organization conducting original archaeological research and educational programs in Egypt,...

Buried again

As I packed my bags to leave Egypt today, many of my AERA teammates were still buried in work. It’s archaeology but it’s not in the dirt, which brings up a question I’m sometimes asked. What does the team do with the excavation site once the season is over? They bury...

The colors of antiquity

What can color tell us about an ancient culture? Possibly a lot, according to Dr. Laurel Flentye. She’s doing a comparative study of the pigments found by AERA archaeologists at the Lost City of the Pyramids and the nearby tombs of the Fourth Dynasty (the Eastern...