by aera | Dec 3, 2015 | Featured Content, News
AERA’s work at the Lost City of the Pyramid Builders (also known as Heit el-Ghurab) is featured in the cover story of the November issue of Scientific American. This in-depth article discusses our recent work at the Lost City and how the construction of the Giza...
by aera | Oct 19, 2015 | Archive
Mit Rahina 2015 Site Management and Heritage Field-School Saturday 7th November to Thursday 17th December, 2015 (FS2) Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA) Applications are opened to inspectors of the Ministry of Antiquities (MA) for the Mit Rahina 2015 Site...
by aera | Aug 27, 2015 | Archive
Mit Rahina 2015: Site Management and Heritage Field-School Saturday 3rd October to Thursday 12th November, 2015 (FS1) Applications are opened to inspectors of the Ministry of Antiquities (MA) for the Mit Rahina 2015 Site Management and Heritage Field-School run by...
by aera | Aug 7, 2015 | Featured Content, News
This year we returned to area AA-South, which is just just south of the Pedestal Building. We were on the lookout for evidence of beer brewing, but instead we found a large structure, which was probably an official residence, that is, an office and residence. What did...
by aera | Jul 22, 2015 | Featured Content, News
Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) is a technique that lights an object from many different directions to better bring out surface detail and create an interactive 3D image. To produce an RTI image, a specialist takes a series of digital photos of the subject...
by aera | Jul 13, 2015 | Archive
AERA’s work at the Heit el-Ghurab site (aka “The Lost City of the Pyramid Builders”) is featured in the travelling exhibit “Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science.” The exhibit features information on AERA’s archaeological work in...
by aera | Jul 13, 2015 | Archive
Ana Tavares, AERA co-field director, will be giving a talk titled “The architecture of social control: the Old Kingdom settlement at Heit el-Ghurab at Giza” that examines power relations through the architecture of the Heit el-Ghurab site. This talk will...
by aera | Jun 20, 2015 | Archive
Ana Tavares, AERA co-field director, will be giving a talk titled “The architecture of social control: two case studies from Giza” that examines power relations through the architecture of the Heit el-Ghurab and the Khentkawes sites. The talk will be part...
by aera | May 29, 2015 | Archive
During the 2015 excavation season, we conducted a beginners field school teaching archaeological excavation and recording techniques to 12 Egyptian Inspectors of the Ministry of Antiquities and two American University in Cairo students. Graduation took place at the...
by aera | May 11, 2015 | Articles
In 2015, AERA and the Glen Dash Foundation for Archaeological Research, with the support and permission of the Egyptian Ministry for Antiquities, undertook the most comprehensive survey of the base of the Great Pyramid to date. This new data will hopefully resolve...
