by aera | Oct 13, 2017 | News
A new article from the Boston Globe features a discussion with Dr. Mark Lehner about his latest theories on how the ancient Egyptians used a system of canals and harbors to help build the pyramids: Read the Boston Globe article: “Did the Egyptians create a canal...
by aera | Jun 6, 2017 | News
Earlier this year, Dr. Mark Lehner worked with a documentary film crew to digitally deconstruct & recompose the Sphinx, Sphinx Temple and Khafre Valley Temple in order to help us better visualize these structures and advance our understanding of how these...
by aera | Jun 6, 2017 | 2017 Field Season, Articles, Blog, News
The 2017 Giza season consisted of an intense six weeks of study and ‘stock-taking’ in our Giza Lab. The ceramics team (Mahmoud el-Shafei and Aisha Mohammed) studied materials from relatively recent excavations – the 2012 work in Khentakawes East...
by aera | Dec 22, 2016 | News
From excavating Egypt’s ancient cities to training the next generation of Egyptian archaeologists, 2016 has been an exciting year for AERA: We continued excavations at the Lost City of the Pyramid Builders on the Giza plateau, this year focusing on the...
by aera | Dec 8, 2016 | Archive
In September, we began work on the second year of our heritage and training project at Memphis, Egypt’s ancient capital city. Over a three month period this fall we will be training nearly 50 Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities inspectors in cultural heritage...
