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May 2012
On an ‘anything but normal’ work day, I went to the Egyptian National
Archives where I found the remains of thousands of manuscripts, books
and maps from the Institut d’égypte laid across its front lawns, in pick-up trucks double-parked on
the Corniche el-Nil Road, and on the floor of the lobby of the archives.
When I entered the building, I knew that I would not conduct research that day, not after seeing the activities downstairs.
Acknowledging the tremendous support for the ARCE fellowship program by
Egyptian scholars and institutions, ARCE hosted a special
reception on April 5th to honor the Egyptian Affiliate Scholars and
senior officials from the National Archives and Library, the Egyptian
Museum, the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), and the Ministry of
Antiquities who work closely with the Fellowship Program.
March 2012
The Red Monastery church in Sohag is an astonishingly rare example of the coloristic intensity of late
antique monuments in Egypt. In this church, late antique paintings
cover about eighty percent of the walls, niches, columns, pilasters,
pediments and apses. Read More >>
Former ARCE Board President, Dr. Carol Redmount, reports archaeological sites throughout Egypt are currently being heavily
looted, including the critical site of El Hibeh about 3 hours south of
Cairo. Once these sites are gone, they are lost forever. Read More >>
Dr. Andre Veldmeijer and Dr. Salima Ikram share their study and documentation of leather pieces and fragments from a hitherto unrecorded and unstudied near-complete chariot that dates to the New Kingdom. This project was funded by ARCE's Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF).
Read the interview >>
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.
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