by aera | Mar 15, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Dr. Zahi Hawass gave warm mid-day remarks about the AERA/ARCE Field School to an already packed auditorium at the Supreme Council of Antiquities on Sunday, 15 March. Dr. Hawass’ statement introduced the second half of the fascinating lectures by AERA team leaders and...
by aera | Mar 14, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Mark Lehner and AERA team leaders gave donors, friends, and colleagues tours of the Giza dig site on Saturday, 14 March. This is a treat for non-specialists, as it the dig site is closed to the public and requires security clearance to access (thanks to Dr. Zahi...
by aera | Mar 13, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
It is often the case that Friday, the only day off in Egypt, is a busman’s holiday for archaeologists. When you work in a fascinating place like Egypt, there’s never an end to fascinating things to see. When I was here in 2005, Adel Kelany and Ashraf Abd al-Aziz took...
by aera | Mar 12, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Driving back to the hotel from the main dig site today, I was reminded of two features of the daily commute during my month digging with the AERA team in 2004: driving through the crowded suburb of Nazlet es Saman past the Sphinx and hearing three or four languages...
by aera | Mar 11, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
As long as I’ve worked with Mark Lehner’s team (5 years), AERA has been looking for a permanent home near the field work at the Giza Pyramids. We’re thrilled to announce that it now has one, paid for by private donations. There has never been a time when your support...
by aera | Mar 10, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Having just traveled from one side of the globe to the other, I’m having difficulty getting oriented, as my jetlag-addled brain tries to catch up to Giza time. It also may be difficult for you to get spatially oriented to the description of an archaeological site...
by aera | Mar 7, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Brian Hunt, AERABLOG editor, will be our guest writer from the Giza pyramids in Egypt for two weeks in March 2009 during our twentieth anniversary celebration. Brian has been a volunteer with AERA since 2004 and has been the producer/writer of the AERA web site since...
by aera | Mar 5, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Archaeology always presents fun puzzles to be resolved. Mike House recently found a puzzling structure while excavating a road or ramp within the Khentkawes complex. The structure consists of a possible square mud brick plinth or platform (1.90m x 1.70m) with an...
by aera | Mar 4, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
The excavations at Giza are off to a roaring start. One of the challenges of excavating the Lost City at Giza is that there are hundreds of Late Period burials (747-525 BC; see A Girl and Her Goddess) above the 4th Dynasty layers. They’re fascinating to study but they...
by aera | Feb 28, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Today, Marina Milić came to the Lab to give a lecture on lithics drawing to the Illustration class of the Field School. The class is steaming ahead in all aspects of the course, as is their enthusiasm for the assignments that Will Schenck has given them. The other...
