Every other Sunday our entire team tours the site, this includes the archaeoscience people working in the Laboratory and the Villa staff (the GIS, archive and photographic teams). The excavator of each unit gives a brief overview of what he or she thinks is going on in their unit and the ideas they are testing. This is followed by a “brain-storming” session with input coming from all specialties and excavators from other units. This is characteristic of a multi-disciplinary, integrated, team approach to archaeological fieldwork.

Mark Lehner and AERA team leaders gave donors, friends, and colleagues tours of the Giza dig site on Saturday, 14 March. 

This is a treat for non-specialists, as it the dig site is closed to the public and requires security clearance to access (thanks to Dr. Zahi Hawass). The guests were shown the Late Period burials, the Western Compound, the double-walled structure called the Chute, and the excavations at Khentkawes Town.

Joining Mark were Ann Lurie, a longtime and generous supporter, Bruce Ludwig, supporter and AERA board member, AERA co-founder, Matthew McCauley and his partner Jane Rusconi, and Suzanne, Nelson, and Nelson Del Rio Jr. Mohsen Kamel and Ana Tavares gave tours to colleagues.

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