by aera | May 5, 2015 | News
On March 21st, AERA celebrated the 10th anniversary of our field school program in Egypt with a party at the AERA-Egypt Center in Giza. Many of our graduates attended the celebration alongside current students, staff members, and officials from the Ministry of...
by aera | May 5, 2015 | News
Sometime around 1000 B.C.E. pig use in the Middle East declined and was subsequently religiously prohibited. Around the same time that pork fell out of favor, chickens were introduced into the area. AERA Chief Research Officer Dr. Richard Redding’s paper...
by aera | Apr 21, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Reham Mahmoud Zaky (Field-School student, Inspector of the Ministry of Antiquities) In a warm atmosphere, the 10th anniversary of AERA field school was held in the presence of Dr. Mark Lehner, Ana Tavares, and Mohsen Kamel from AERA accompanied by our supervisors,...
by aera | Apr 3, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Kirk Roberts (archaeologist) As work on site draws to a close at Standing Wall Island (SWI), Field School 3 have begun the work of painstakingly recording, photographing and drawing all of the archaeological remains that we can see. What began as an open space...
by aera | Mar 31, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Ayman Eltokhey (Field-school student, Inspector of the Ministry of Antiquities) For the last field trip of the Beginner’s Field-School 2015 we gathered in the villa at 6:00 AM, and then the bus moved towards to the Red Sea at 7:00 AM. The weather was very...
by aera | Mar 24, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Ahmed Gabr (Ministry of Antiquities bio-archaeologist) The study of the skeletal remains is an essential part of the study of biological anthropology. The Field-School ‘osteo’ course was designed to introduce the students to the main aspects of the...
by aera | Mar 10, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
Taking daily life for granted by Debra Karbashewski (AFT/AUC Student) Imagine that you have never been to a restaurant in your entire life. One day you are granted an invitation to dine out with the world’s best chef. This is how it feels to be a beginner in...
by aera | Mar 7, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Mohammed Abdel Maksoud (Student, Inspector of the Ministry of Antiquities) Two weeks ago there was a big storm on the site which made us leave the site early at 10:30 a.m. The first thing which happened was a light wind, and we continued our work. Step by step the...
by aera | Mar 2, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
By Samar Mahmoud (Field School Student, Inspector of the Ministry of Antiquities) Firstly, let me seize the opportunity to express my feeling about joining such a great field school with the well-organized team held by AERA. I am a member of the Field School Group 2...
by aera | Feb 26, 2015 | 2015 Field Season, Blog
by Claire Malleson (Director of Archaeological Science, Lab Manager and archeo-botanist) Once again, we are back working in the AERA lab workroom on the Giza plateau. Every year a team of specialists gathers to study, record, draw, photograph and analyze all the...
