Ana Tavares to Speak to Essex Archaeology Group

March 6th, 3:00pm The Barn. Spring Lodge Community Centre, Powers Hall End, Witham, Essex CM8 2HE Recent archaeological work at the 4th dynasty funerary complex of Queen Khentkawes, at Giza, has provided a new understanding of her priests’ ‘town’ and revealed a basin...

AERA Starts Two-Year Project at Ancient Memphis

AERA Helps Develop Egypt’s Cultural Heritage Infrastructure AERA is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a grant for a two-year project from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). AERA is partnering with the Ministry of...

Giza & the Port of Khufu featured on Smithsonian

Watch Mark Lehner, Pierre Tallet, Peter James and others discuss the building of Khufu’s pyramid, AERA’s work on the Giza plateau, the port of Khufu, and the papyri found at Wadi el-Jarf on “Secrets: Great Pyramid.” Airing on the Smithsonian...

Mit Rahina 2015, Session 2: MA Applications Open

Mit Rahina 2015 Site Management and Heritage Field-School Saturday 7th November to Thursday 17th December, 2015 (FS2) Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA) Applications are opened to inspectors of the Ministry of Antiquities (MA) for the Mit Rahina 2015 Site...

Mit Rahina 2015: MA Applications Open

Mit Rahina 2015: Site Management and Heritage Field-School Saturday 3rd October to Thursday 12th November, 2015 (FS1) Applications are opened to inspectors of the Ministry of Antiquities (MA) for the Mit Rahina 2015 Site Management and Heritage Field-School run by...

Lost Egypt exhibit at the Durham Museum

AERA’s work at the Heit el-Ghurab site (aka “The Lost City of the Pyramid Builders”) is featured in the travelling exhibit “Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science.” The exhibit features information on AERA’s archaeological work in...