Current News
March 2010
A reception honoring ARCE's new book, "Preserving Egypt's Heritage: Conservation Work by the American Research Center in Egypt 1995-2005," was hosted by The Hon. Margaret Scobey, the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, on February 10.
February 2010
The December '09 - Jan '10 edition of USAID's "Frontlines" features a colorful look at the progress and ongoing preservation efforts at sites targeted by USAID's groundwater-lowering and monitoring projects.
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
August 2009
Kara Cooney is no stranger to the rigors and delights of television production. But her newest television venture is something of a leap forward and sideways at the same time.
Janis Susan May Patterson of the ARCE North Texas chapter has been passionate about two things for as long as she can remember—writing, and ancient Egypt.
July 2009
June 2009
ARCE President Emily Teeter is interviewed in the June 21 edition of the Chicago Tribune. The story centers around the recent facial reconstruction of the mummy of Meresamun by two forensic artists.
In mid-June 36 American university students will step on to the baking tarmac at Cairo International Airport and start a language learning experience destined to change them forever, or at least for the next two months.
Dr. Emily Teeter has been an ARCE member since 1974, and credits much of her professional development to the relationships and resources provided by the organization.
May 2009
During the 2009 Annual Meeting, we had a chance to sit down andinterview some of our members about their relationship with ARCE andtheir perspective on ARCE’s role as an organization.
Here,members of the Board of Governors share their thoughts about ARCE’simpact—on its membership, Egyptology, and the world’s culturalheritage.
March 2009
February 2009
The first week of February was a whirlwind of activity for ARCE's Associate Director, Michael Jones, and Director of Development, Dina Aboul Saad. The two staff members made a three-city tour of local ARCE chapters, where Jones delivered a series of lectures on some of ARCE's recent Egyptian conservation projects.
January 2009
Each year, the ARCE Cairo Center hosts several excursions, which are open to members as well as the general public. The educational excursions offer opportunities to explore important but rarely visited sites in Egypt and elsewhere, under the guidance of experts in archaeology, history, palaeontology, and geology.
The ARCE Cairo Center is hosting a new lecture 3-part series, "Introducing Islamic Cairo." The series will explore and examine Islamic Cairo through the PowerPoint presentations of Dr. Tarek Swelim (www.tarekswelim.com).
October 2008
The Digital Karnak Project is pleased to announce the launch of its website: http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/. The Digital Karnak Project, based at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), aims to make the ancient Egyptian site of Karnak more accessible to students and instructors in the English-speaking world.
September 2008
The American Research Center in Egypt is excited to launch its newly redesigned website, created by award-winning communication design firm Toolbox Studios (www.toolboxstudios.com). The new website offers members, supporters, and the general public a dynamic, informative and highly accessible new way to engage with ARCE.
ARCE is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $1 million matching grant from the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation of Southfield, Michigan. The grant is specifically meant to strengthen ARCE’s operating endowment and build institutional capacity.









