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The restored front door and entrance hall
Stairwell with restored parquet floors
After restoration: a welcoming entrance
Boxes of our archives and books being unpacked after
their final end-of-season move. They will reside permanently
in the new archives/library in the Villa, available to us
throughout the year.
The most important impact of completing
the Giza Center will be to bring all AERA team
members (Egyptian students, Egyptian archaeologists,
and foreign archaeologists) together,
working and living under one roof. No longer
scattered through flats and hotels across
Giza, we will be a stronger team, more readily
exchanging ideas, sharing our work, and collaborating
on projects. This will be especially
valuable for our field school students, who will
finally be truly embedded in our project.
With its Giza Center, AERA will be able
to establish a year-round presence in Egypt.
We will have access to our library, computers,
and research collections throughout the year.
Team members, housed in the Center, will be
able to work off-season, using the library and
archives as they analyze their data and prepare
publications. We also expect to open our doors
to the wider archaeological community. Our
library and archives will be especially useful
resources for the Egyptian students we train as
well as visiting scholars.
Thanks to our donors, AERA is on its way
to establishing a permanent base at the foot of
the Pyramids, a legacy for future generations.
Restored pergola on the east side of the villa
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