Echoes of the Past

by | Mar 7, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog

Using Sealing Fragments to Hear Ancient Voices by John Nolan As strange as it may sound, much of our understanding of our excavations at Giza, rests on how we interpret small, broken chunks of clay that come out of the site. These fragments come from sealings, which...

Digging in a Sand Bowl

by | Mar 2, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog

by Dan Jones Depending on the location of the site the amount of physical and visual contact an archaeologist has with everyday life going on around where they work greatly varies. This season the AERA team is continuing its excavation of the Silo Building Complex...

Ana Tavares to Lecture at the NVIC

by | Mar 1, 2014 | Archive

The Town and Funerary Complex of Queen Khentkawes Thursday 6th March at 6 pm NVIC – Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo Abstract and details posted on their web site The town and funerary monument of Queen Khentkawes at Giza were excavated by Selim Hassan in...

It’s Coming Back To Me Now

by | Feb 19, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog

By Hoda Ossman Khalifa (Inspector, Ministry of State for Antiquities) Until these days, I did not feel the true meaning of the above words. I worked with the team during 2012, when we discovered the “Silo Building,” and it was a marvelous season. We worked...

Learn to excavate at the Giza pyramids!

by | Feb 13, 2014 | Archive

Applications are now open for the 2015 Giza Archaeological Field Training. Receive fully-professional archaeological field training, and US university course credits, by joining AERA’s Archaeological Field Training program at the Giza pyramids, in 2015. The...

Animal Bones and the Silo Building Complex

by | Feb 10, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog

By Richard Redding I am looking forward to arriving in Egypt on April 10th. Our research design this season has unified our excavation and material culture studies strategies. I will be looking at the animal bone from the Silo Building Complex (SBC) testing the idea...

A perfect start – Giza season 2014

by | Feb 2, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog

By Ana Tavares – Joint Field Director We are back at Giza excavating in the Complex of Queen Khentkawes. As much as I enjoy the hustle and bustle of a large team and the energy of the field-school, this small and quieter season seems perfect.  With only a small team...

Ana Tavares to lecture at EES in Cairo

by | Jan 31, 2014 | Archive

More from Memphis: Kom el-Fakhry, a Middle Kingdom settlement in context By Ana Tavares, Joint Field-Director, Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA) Location: The Egypt Exploration Society, The British Council, 192 El Nile street- Agouza, Cairo Sunday, 2nd February...