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January 2012
In November, ARCE Luxor office moved to the west bank of the Nile in support of a new initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Picture Cairo during the most important Eid of the year. Weddings at the hotel every night. Brightly lit party boats cruising the Nile. Light traffic (if you can imagine it) in Garden City. Cool mornings and warm afternoons. Evening sounds of celebration and leisure.
Luigi De Cesaris, who died from a heart attack at the Red Monastery, near Sohag, on December 19 2011, contributed a significant part of his professional life to ARCE’s wall painting conservation projects.
Professional members of ARCE, Marjorie Fisher, Peter Lacovara, Salima Ikram, and Sue D'Auria, publish an exciting new volume on ancient Nubia.
October 2011
THE ETERNAL EYE is an exhibition that reflects the desire to see the
establishment of a new Egyptian society, in the wake of the January 25
Revolution, that inherently respects and honors religious diversity.
August 2011
"Memory of Egypt," an exhibit of art fabrics by longtime ARCE member Nancy Arthur Hoskins of Eugene, Oregon, spent the month of July at the Sarratt Art Gallery at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennesse.
July 2011
ARCE member Salima Ikram is featured, along with the Brooklyn Museum (an ARCE Institutional Member), in a wonderful article about a resurgence in the serious study of animal mummies.
June 2011
ARCE's Northern California Chapter, based in Berkeley, made headlines today on the popular Alameda Patch blog. The article, "More than Mummies: Archaeologists Bring Egypt Alive in the Classroom," details the chapter's innovative new program which helps send professional Egyptologists into local middle school classrooms.
May 2011
As the U.S. lifts its travel warning for Egypt, Business Insider reports why the present moment is such a wonderful time to be a tourist in Egypt.
April 2011
Just five weeks after the January 25 Revolution and the resignation of
President Mubarak on February 11, Egyptians went to the polls to vote
on a referendum for constitutional change.
March 2011
A recent Wall Street Journal article sings the praises of traveling (with kids!) in Egypt, post-revolution.
February 2011
A fascinating article on the potential tourist draws of the "new Egypt."
A fun, interesting travel piece on the restoration and revitalization of the Darb al-Ahmar section of Historic Cairo, in which ARCE's conservation work on Bayt al-Razzaz palace gets a mention.
January 2011
The Annual Meeting of the Archaeological
Institute of America (AIA) was held in San Antonio, Texas (also home to
ARCE's U.S. office) January 7-9, and ARCE had a strong presence at the
conference.
December 2010
The ARCE chapters demonstrated their remarkable vigor this fall as they
organized and hosted a 12-city speaking tour featuring invited lecturer
Dr. Barry Kemp.
The fourth book of the American University in Cairo Press's "ARCE Conservation Series" is now available: Babylon of Egypt: The Archaeology of Old Cairo and the Origins of the City, by Peter Sheehan.
November 2010
Longtime ARCE member and supporter Dr. Benson Harer's fascinating
research into the cause of King Tut's death is featured on
Heritage-Key.com.
September 2010
On September 19, 2010 Dr. Zahi Hawass, Dr. Gerry Scott, and Dr. Janice
Kamrin officiated at the graduation ceremony for the Egyptian Museum
Registrar Training Project.
Archaeologists John and Deborah Darnell, co-directors of Yale
University's Theban Desert Road Survey, discuss exciting new findings at
Kharga Oasis in a fascinating article from the New York Times.
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