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...
by aera | May 11, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog
by Claire Malleson The excavations this season have all taken place in or around the Silo Building Complex (SBC) to the east of the Khentkawes town area. These excavations began in 2012, and the results of work by specialists on those materials helped us decide where...
by aera | Mar 25, 2014 | 2014 Field Season, Blog
By Hanan Mahmoud (MSA archaeologist) Joining the AERA team at the beginning of March 2014 was one of my dreams. Finally, I could work in the Silo Building Complex (SBC)! I remember in 2011, after the revolution, my colleague Rabee Eissa and I worked in the Menkaure...
by aera | Jul 7, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Mary Anne Murray Well, that was a long and interesting Giza Lab season! The Giza Field Lab was open from January 8th and closed its doors on May 31st. There were scheduled to be 36 specialists working in the Lab on the material culture and environmental...
by aera | May 18, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Steve LaPidus I have spent the last six weeks as a volunteer on the AERA Giza Plateau Project with some of the most interesting and knowledgeable people I have ever met. I went on a site tour set up for the team early on in the schedule. We had a chance to...
