by aera | Feb 20, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
On Valentine’s Day there was an impressive 42 people working in the Giza Lab! This included three of the Advanced Field School classes – Illustration, Ceramics and Human Osteology, plus the ‘regulars’. I’ve put photos up in the lab with the names of all of the...
by aera | Feb 13, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Several of the lab crew have arrived. The cast of characters so far… Dr. Anna Wodzińska is the head of our (largely Polish) pottery team, which includes Alexandra Ksiezak, Edyta Klimaszewska-Drabot and Meredith Brand this season). Always hard working, AERA will be...
by aera | Feb 11, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Students and teachers have begun to arrive for AERA’s 2009 Giza Field School, cosponsored once again by the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). We welcome back some of the 2007 Giza Field School alumni and 2008 Luxor Field School graduates. The students will be...
by aera | Feb 6, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
AERA’s Giza Lab officially opened for the season on Sunday, February 1st, 2009. It’s a funny place, doesn’t look like much from the outside – a low, one story brick-and-cement bunker painted a yellowish dung color – a building of little consequence nestled...
by aera | Feb 3, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Welcome to AERA’s 2009 field season. This is the 20th field season of the Giza Plateau Mapping Project under Mark Lehner. It is also the 10th anniversary of our Marathon challenge, sponsored by longtime supporter, Ann Lurie. Just this past weekend, our workers...
