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 | Apr 21, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Reham Mahmoud Zaky (Field-School student, Inspector of the Ministry of Antiquities) In a warm atmosphere, the 10th anniversary of AERA field school was held in the presence of Dr. Mark Lehner, Ana Tavares, and Mohsen Kamel from AERA accompanied by our supervisors,...
by aera | Apr 3, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Kirk Roberts (archaeologist) As work on site draws to a close at Standing Wall Island (SWI), Field School 3 have begun the work of painstakingly recording, photographing and drawing all of the archaeological remains that we can see. What began as an open space...
by aera | Mar 31, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Ayman Eltokhey (Field-school student, Inspector of the Ministry of Antiquities) For the last field trip of the Beginner’s Field-School 2015 we gathered in the villa at 6:00 AM, and then the bus moved towards to the Red Sea at 7:00 AM. The weather was very...
by aera | Mar 24, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Ahmed Gabr (Ministry of Antiquities bio-archaeologist) The study of the skeletal remains is an essential part of the study of biological anthropology. The Field-School ‘osteo’ course was designed to introduce the students to the main aspects of the...
by aera | Mar 10, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
Taking daily life for granted by Debra Karbashewski (AFT/AUC Student) Imagine that you have never been to a restaurant in your entire life. One day you are granted an invitation to dine out with the world’s best chef. This is how it feels to be a beginner in...
