Newsletter, Number 121 (SPRING 1983)
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CONTENT:
In Memoriam, John D. Cooney 8 Ernest T. Abdel-Massih--
The Egyptian Collections of the Kelsey MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY, Elaine K. Gazda--
Byzantine Egypt during the Arab Invasion of Palestine and Syria: Some Observations, Walter E. Kaegi--
SULAMI'S COMMENTARY ON THE Qur'an, Gerhard H. Bowering--
A Catalog of Glass in the Graeco-Roman USEUM OF Alexandria, Leila I. Wente--
Fellows' Reports in Brief--
LITERARY AND ArCHAEOLOGICAL SüRVEY OF AL-USAR/ Keith Beebe & Marvin W. Meyer--
Dissertations in Egyptology now in Progress--
Announcements--
Notes from the Executive Director--
The Berkeley Map of the Theban Necropolis, REPORT OF THE FIFTH SEASON, 1982, Kent R. Weeks.
Newsletter, Number 96 (SPRING1976)
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CONTENTS:
Notes from Princeton--
Board of Governors--
The Akhenaten Temple Project - The First Season of Excavation in East Karnak / by Donald B. Redford--
Seminar on the Status of Woman in the Islamic Family / by Michelle Raccagni--
The First Season of the Nag Hammadi Excavation 27 November - 19 December 1975 / by James M. Robinson with Bastiaan van Elderen--
Field Study on Sex-Role Differentiation and Illness Behaviour in a Nile Delta Village / by Soheir M. El-Bayoumi--
Mission en Egypte de L’Institut Papyrologique / by G. Vitelli--
New Cabinet Announced in the Arab Republic of Egypt--
The Center's Guest Book--Illustrations: ARCE 1975 Tour -
ARCE Fellows 1975-76 -
Map of Nag Hanunadi Project Site-
Excavation of the Psalms Cave -
Professors at Center-
Reception Honoring ARCE President -
FBstat Rais and Center Staff.
Kom al-Ahmer — Kom Wasit II: Coin Finds 2012-2016: Late Roman and Early Islamic Pottery from Kom al-Ahmer
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and Kom Wasit, to investigate them intensively and reveal their importance. Kom al-Ahmer and Kom Wasit are located 6 km west of the Rosetta branch of the Nile, 35 km south of Rosetta, 40 km southeast of the port of Thonis-Heracleion, and 52 km southeast of the port of Alexandria (Figures i–ii). Given their well-connected location with respect to these Mediterranean and Nile ports, it can be assumed that a significant volume of commercial traffic moved through these sites. Historical sources and Hellenistic and Roman geographers located the capital of the Metelite nome in this region, and our research has made it possible to identify the likely location of the nome capital, Metelis, at Kom al-Ahmer, at least during the Roman, Late Roman, and Early Arab periods. This short introduction discusses the results of the study of two cultural materials finds, coins and pottery that brought to light massive
information that can be gathered from a Delta site.
Newsletter, Number 54 (JUNE, 1965)
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During three months spent in Egypt early this year, I had an opportunity to visit the sites at which the Center is sponsoring excavations: Fustat, Gebel Adda, and Mendes. It is hard unless one has seen them, to imagine three localities so widely different in character.
Fustat is and has been for centuries, a vast city dump, a desert wasteland bordered by the slums of Old Cairo and haunted by scavengers, humans, and canines. It is a windy, dusty, and malodorous site, cold and sometimes wet in winter, hot and fly-ridden in spring, never a very pleasant place in which to dig. It was, however, the place in which the first Arab conquerors of Egypt established their capital, and the excavators feel rewarded for discomfort by the discoveries they are makîng concernîng the old city and the way of life followed by the people who lived in it. They are working against time, for Fustat is being engulfed by modern Cairo. The area is being reclaimed to provide housing for some of the millions who live in the modem capital of Egypt. One is always aware, at Fustat, of those crowding millions, avid of present needs, knowing and caring little, if anything, of the past.
SCRIBE : The Magazine of The American Research Center in Egypt : Fall 2023 | ISSUE12
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Updates on excavation, conservation, and research projects developing across Egypt
Dr. Louise Bertini
Executive Director
ARCE in action on
our 75th year
W elcome to the new issue of Scribe magazine! We
hope you had a great summer and are now ready
to hear the latest interesting news about ARCE’s
ongoing work in Egypt and about our plans for
the final months of our 75th anniversary.
Over the last six months, ARCE staff, officers, members, and
our partners have been organizing and hosting events, developing
our library and online resources, and working with excavators,
academics, conservation experts, officials, and heritage management
teams from Egypt and around the world.
In May, we hosted our 74th Annual Meeting in the Minneapolis
Marriot City Center hotel and conference venue, followed the
weekend after by the virtual online conference. Both events were
very successful. In addition to a slate of outstanding presentations,
attendees were treated to special panel sessions and an exclusive
museum workshop entitled ‘Engaging Egypt and Africa in Museum
Settings’. The keynote address was a joint presentation by Dr.
Betsy Bryan and Dr. Fayza Haikal, who recounted deeply personal
stories in their talk entitled “Women in Egyptology: Long Career
Reflections”. This was delivered at the magnificent Minneapolis
Institute of Art and surely left a lasting impression on all who were
in attendance. Next year, the 75th annual in-person meeting will
take place in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, from April 19th to 21st at the
Omni William Penn hotel.
In Egypt, ARCE hosted the Cultural Property Protection
conference with delegates attending from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq,
Yemen, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, and Palestine. This was
made possible thanks to generous funding from the U.S. Embassy in
Cairo, in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
(MoTA), the Council of American Overseas Research Centers
(CAORC), and the US Department of State. The conference focused
on “Sustainable Documentation and Inventories Management” and
ended on a promising note where recommendations were drafted
based on more than thirty presentations by regional experts. Rec-
ommendations included the formation of an “Arab World Heritage”
network, increasing collaboration through regional joint projects,
and the development of regional training initiatives.