by AERA | Mar 26, 2026 | News
Sealings and Scribes Project Sealings and Scribes is a collaborative project between AERA and Yale University that studies and publishes thousands of clay seal impressions bearing inscriptions left by people involved in the management and administration of the Heit...
by AERA | Aug 18, 2023 | News
The entire AERA team mourns the loss of Dr. Richard Redding – our friend, mentor, and colleague – who passed away on May 22, 2023. We extend our deepest condolences to Richard’s loved ones and to everyone whose life he touched. Richard started working with us at the...
by AERA | Sep 21, 2022 | News
Sometime after Lauer mapped the temple, but certainly before the modern asphalt road was laid down, the basalt pavement of the open court underwent “restoration” with displaced stones from the pavement and gray cement. This restoration comprises some 40%...
by AERA | Jun 28, 2022 | News, Reports from the Field
For many years we’ve thought Lagoon 1, the low-lying area at the southern end of the Lost City (Heit el-Ghurab) site, was once an ancient harbor that was used to deliver supplies to the city via the Nile. To the north of this proposed harbor, we found a series...
by aera | Dec 21, 2021 | Featured Content, News
This holiday season we are grateful for all of our members who’ve given us the opportunity to continue our research in Egypt. Thanks to you, we are back in Giza and hard at work on three back-to-back field projects. We are so excited to be able to share this...
by aera | Apr 3, 2021 | Featured Content, News
In “Decoding the Great Pyramid,” AERA’s Mark Lehner, Claire Malleson, Glen Dash, and Richard Redding join Salima Ikram and Pierre Tallet to discuss the latest research into how the Great Pyramid was built and how building it transformed Egyptian...
