Ancient Lives Revealed: Finding Old Kingdom Fats

Posted by Valerie Steele I arrived in Giza in the early hours of Monday morning on my first visit to Egypt. I never imagined I would visit the pyramids and yet here I am, not just visiting but doing a job I really enjoy right next to a pyramid (actually two)!  What am...

Welcome to the 2011 Giza season

Posted by Mohsen Kamel and Ana Tavares, joint-Field Directors We have just started excavations again at Giza, after a hiatus last year. During this busy hiatus we prepared material for publications, held an Analysis and Publication Field-School in Giza and a second...

Archaeology is not pretty

“Ceramics can tell you everything! Well, not everything but a lot.” So says AERA’s Polish ceramics team, led by Dr. Anna Wodzinska. People often ask when you work in archaeology, “What are you discovering?” They have the romantic notions about finding tombs and...