Mission

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.

In recent years, we have explored the development of urbanism, labor organization, and the elementary structures of ancient daily life at the once-Lost City of the pyramid builders at Giza.

AERA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Dr. Mark Lehner and Matthew McCauley, with the assistance of Margaret Sears, in 1985 for the purpose of funding and facilitating the research of the Giza Plateau Mapping Project, which grew out of the Sphinx Project.

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President and Treasurer

• Dr. Mark Lehner

Board Members

• Glen Dash, Secretary
• Dr. James Allen
• Ed Fries
• Lou Hughes
• Jon Jerde
• Bruce Ludwig
• Ann Lurie
• Matthew McCauley
• Dr. Richard Redding

Senior Staff

• Dr. Mark Lehner, Director
• Dr. John Nolan, Chief Financial Officer, Associate Director, Egyptologist, Sealings Specialist
• Dr. Richard Redding, Chief Research Officer, Archaeozoologist
• Mohsen Kamel, Co-Field Director
• Ana Tavares, Co-Field Director
• Dr. Mary Anne Murray, Director of Archaeological Science, Archaeobotanist
• Alexandra Witsell, Managing Editor, Sealings Assistant
• Dr. Wilma Wetterstrom, Editor
• Brian Hunt, Website Manager

Archaeologists

• Simon Davis, Area Supervisor
• Amelia Fairman, Area Supervisor
• Daniel Jones, Area Supervisor
• Yukinori Kawae, Area Supervisor
• Ashraf Abd el-Aziz (SCA)
• Dr. Delphine Driaux
• Rabea Eissa (SCA)
• Nagwan Bahaa el-Hadedi (SCA)
• Brittany Hughes, Volunteer
• Kasia Olchowska
• Hanan Mahmoud (SCA)
• Hussein Rekaby (SCA)
• Reinert Skumsnes, Volunteer
• Manami Yahata

GIS Team

• Camilla Mazzucato, Team Leader
• Rebekah Miracle
• Brittany Hughes, Volunteer

Illustration Team

• Said Ebrahim el-Assal (SCA)
• Yasser Mahmoud (SCA)
• Hassan Ramadan Mahmoud (SCA)

Archaeological Science Team

• Dr. Mary Anne Murray, Director of Archaeological Science

Archaeobotany

• Dr. Mary Anne Murray, Team Leader
• Claire Malleson
• Brittany Hughes, Volunteer

Archaeozoology

• Dr. Richard Redding, Archaeozoologist
• Rasha Nasr Abd el-Mageed (SCA)
• Dr. Lisa Yeomans
• Brittany Hughes, Volunteer

Ceramics

• Dr. Anna Wodzińska, Team Leader
• Mohamed Naguib Reda (SCA)
• Mahmoud el-Shafey (SCA)
• Elham el-Taweil (SCA)
• Malgorzata Korzeniowska
• Edyta Klimaszewska-Drabot
• Brittany Hughes, Volunteer
• Peter French

Lithics

• Sabine Boos

Environmental Change Analyst

• Dr. Roger Flower

Objects

• Ana Tavares, Team Leader
• Emmy Malak, Objects Registrar
• Ahmed Ezz (SCA)
• Hanan Mahmoud (SCA)
• Nagwan Bahaa el-Hadedi (SCA)

Human Osteoarchaeology

• Johnny Karlsson

Pigment Analysis

• Dr. Laurel Flenyte

Residue Analysis

• Dr. Valerie Steele

Clay Sealings

• Dr. John Nolan, Team Leader
• Alexandra Witsell, Sealings Assistant

Roofing Material

• Manami Yahata

Photography

• Hilary McDonald

Post Excavation Manager

• Freya Sadarangani

Giza Archives Team

• Mari Rygh, Archivist
• Emma Johnson, Assistant Archivist
• Soha Kamel, Assistant Archivist (SCA)
• Steven LaPidus, Volunteer
• Willa Lee, Volunteer

Cairo Project Manager

• Amir Abdel Hamid

Giza IT Manager

• Mohamed Said

Cairo Business Manager

• Yasser Ibrahim

House E Mudbrick Reconstruction

• Ana Tavares
• Günter Heindl
• Hanan Mahmoud (SCA)
• Ashraf Abd el-Aziz (SCA)
• Mohamed Abd el-Aziz (SCA)

Luxor Field School Faculty

• Mohsen Kamel & Ana Tavares, Co-Field School Directors

Objects Team

• Shaima Montaser Abu el-Hagag (SCA)
• Salah el-Masekh (SCA)
• Dr. Delphine Driaux

Illustration Team

• Said Ebrahim el-Assal (SCA)
• Yasser Mahmoud Hussen (SCA)
• Hassan Ramadan Mahmoud (SCA)
• William Schenck

Ceramics Team

• Dr. Aurélia Masson
• Mohamed Naguib Reda (SCA)
• Mahmoud el-Shafey (SCA)

Human Osteoarchaeology

• Shereen Ahmed Shawky (SCA)

Support Staff

• Rabea Eissa, Archaeologist (SCA)
• Lamia el-Hadidi, Conservator
• Yasser Ibrahim, Accounting
• Emma Johnson, Archivist
• Owen Murray, ARCE Photographer
• Safinaz Ouri, Accounting

Boston Office

• James Schnare, Communications Associate
• Aparna Das, Boston Office Archivist

AERA carries out all of its work in Egypt under the auspices of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities.