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 | 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...
by aera | Feb 27, 2011 | 2011 Field Season, Blog
Posted by Yukinori Kawae We first saw the structural footprint of House Unit 1, the largest house in the Pyramid Town for now, during the large-scale Western Town ‘scrape and plan’ season in 2004. Team members call it “Yuki’s House” but...
by aera | Mar 25, 2009 | 2009 Field Season
Afaf Wahba has worked for the Supreme Council of Antiquities for nine years. She began as a curator at the Coptic Museum in old Cairo and for the past two years, she’s been an inspector at the Central Department of Giza. This job does not usually entail field work,...
