by aera | Sep 16, 2006 | Articles, News
By Farrah L. Brown (GIS Specialist) and Brian V. Hunt The size of AERA’s excavation at Giza’s ancient Egyptian settlement and the enormous quantity of data that it has produced could easily overwhelm. That’s why we’re employing an exciting tool—a Geographic...
by aera | Sep 16, 2006 | Articles, News
By Dr. Richard Redding (Archaeozoologist, University of Michigan) and Brian V. Hunt Egyptians of the 4th Dynasty (2575-2465 BC) witnessed the construction of some of the world’s most enduring symbols: the pyramids, the temples, and the Sphinx of Giza. Tens of...
by aera | Sep 16, 2006 | Articles, News
By Edward Johnson (Archaeological Conservator), Günter Heindl (Architect/archaeologist), Ashraf Abdel Aziz (Archaeologist), and Brian V. Hunt Trying to visualize living space from an architectural plan can be challenging. Walking around in a 3-dimensional space...
by aera | Sep 16, 2006 | Articles, News
By Tim Stevens, Lithics Analyst, and Brian V. Hunt Many people think of stone tools as strictly Stone Age technology. The fact that people used chert and other stone for tools is what defines prehistory as the Stone Age. This has led to an under-appreciation of the...
by aera | Sep 16, 2006 | Articles, News
By Marie-Astrid Calmettes (Egyptologist), Jessica Kaiser (Osteologist), and Brian V. Hunt More than 2,500 years ago, a very ill young woman died and was buried at the already long-abandoned site of the city of the pyramid builders at Giza. Her grave goods included an...
