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AERA website updated

Thanks to a posting on EEF for the information that the AERA website has been updated with some new articles:

Conserving and reconstructing a pyramid builder's house:
http://www.aeraweb.org/spec_conservation.asp
"In the autumn of 2005, AERA initiated a project to not only conserve but to reconstruct one architectural unit of the ancient Egyptian settlement we are excavating."

Flint tools at Giza
http://www.aeraweb.org/spec_flint.asp

"Many people think of flint as Stone Age technology. The fact that people used flint and other stone for tools is what defines prehistory as the Stone Age. This has led to an under-appreciation of the role of flint in sophisticated, literate societies, such as that of Old Kingdom Egypt (2575-2134 BC)."

For those unfamiliar with AERA, their mission statement reads: "Ancient Egypt Research Associates explores Egypt’s archaeological record seeking the origins of civilization. Our mission is to contribute insight and understanding to the present awareness of cultural evolution." For more about AERA and their work, visit their website at:

http://www.aeraweb.org/index.asp

- Aeragram Spring 2011 - Giza Newsletter
AERAGram Newsletter Spring 2011 PDF AERAGram (Previous issues) The Spring 2011 newsletter from AERA (Ancient Egypt Research Associates) is now available for download as a PDF on the above page. It has 20 pages full of articles, plans, illustrations...

- Aera 2009 Annual Report From Giza
AERA Ancient Egypt Research Associates I could have sworn that I had posted this before, but I cannot find it on the blog, so above is the link and apologies if this is a repeat posting. The following is part of the introduction by Mark Lehner. It is...

- News: Oldest Olive Wood In Egypt
AERA I have no idea when this news item became available on the AERA website because it doesn't actually say (unless I'm suffering from selective blindness), which is more than a little frustrating. I don't appear to have posted about it before...

- A Girl And Her Goddess
http://www.aeraweb.org/spec_hatmehyt.asp There is a new short paper on the Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA) website by Marie-Astrid Calmettes (Egyptologist), Jessica Kaiser (Osteologist) and Brian V. Hunt, entitled A Girl and her Goddess. I'm...

- New Website Re Giza Plateau Mapping Project
http://www.aeraweb.org/ The above is a new website, which is the official Web site of the Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA), specifically Dr. Mark Lehner and the Giza Plateau Mapping Project. It is a good looking site, with some nice features,...

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