by aera | Nov 11, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted By Hassan Ramadan, Illustrator, SCA Ana asked me to draw many sections and profiles in the FAD* area. Every morning, I would go to my tent to prepare my things and then have a look at the site: it was so crowded, so noisy, with everyone otherwise discussing...
by aera | Oct 28, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Nesreen Maher Mohamed, MRFS student, SCA The AERA 2011 Mit Rahina Field School has allowed me the opportunity to study many disciplines, including drawing, the study of animal bones, human bones and pottery. But I am actually fascinated by archaeobotany –...
by aera | Oct 21, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Rasha Nasr, Zoo-archaeologist, SCA Archaeozoology is the study of animal remains, animal related artifacts and animal related features. The study of animal bones is important because it answers questions about the past, like who, when, what and the important...
by aera | Oct 19, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Hassan Ramadan, Archaeological Illustrator, SCA This week, I was asked to draw an elevation of two walls in the Kom el-Falhry site dating to the Middle Kingdom. So while I was drawing it, I noticed its contents. It was built with mud brick but inside it,...
by aera | Oct 13, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Lamia el-Hadidy, Archaeological field conservator In the beginning of my career as an archaeological field conservator, I worked here in Kom el- Fakhry just a few meters east of the field school concession, as well as in other projects in Mit Rahina later...
by aera | Oct 11, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Ashraf Abdel Aziz, MRFS supervisor, SCA When I started to study sundried bricks in 2005, I had no clear plan because so many studies had already been done. I said to myself, “What can I add to the abundant brick studies which cover bricks as an architectural...
