bulletin of the American Research Center in Egypt, NUMBER 183 - (Fall/Winter - 2002/2003)
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Polishing a Jewel in the Gebel: The Tomb of Anen (TT120) Conservation Project / Lyla Pinch Brock -- Total Station and Triangulation: The 2002 ACRE Field School Season in the Forum Oasis / Willeke Wendrich -- Religion, Gender, and Authority the Power to Speak and to Be Heard / Margot Badran -- Conservation at the Monastery of St. Paul by the Red Sea: A Progress Report / Michael Jones.
bulletin of the American Research Center in Egypt, NUMBER 186 - (Fall 2004)
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Chromatic Billiance at the Red Monastery Church by Elizabeth S. Bolman -- Conservation Continues at St. Paul's Monastery by Michael Jones -- Conservation of Mosaics in the Graeco-Roman Museum in Alexandria -- ARCE Receives Private Library -- ARCE Library News -- Recent Excavations of the Shena Adjacent to the Mortuary Temple of Senwosret ||| at Abydos by Vanessa E. Smith -- Defecation in Deir el-Medina During the New Kingdom by Yasmin El Shazly -- At Home Far Away: A Student's View From Cairo by Mitch Lynch -- Conferences and Symposia.
Newsletter,4 Septemper 1953
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The following is quoted from Professor Jeffery’s letter of June 23rd to Edward w٠ Forbes, announcing his arrival in Cairo:
«It was a most uneventful journey across, with not a single day that had more than a ripple on the water، The boat was comfortably full, but not crowded• Seme twenty-five passengers were taking the cruise,—that Is, returning to New York on the same ship• The majority of passengers, however, seemed to be disembarking at Beirut• For same of them Beirut was only a landing point from which they would continue their journey، Several were going on from there to Baghdad, and we had one Afghan physician, who had been for a course in
Newsletter, Number 23 (January, 1957)
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Members of the Center will be particularly concerned with the effect of recent events in Egypt on their fellow-members who are working there. Immediately following the account of the Annual Meeting are items of news from Egypt and some account of Egyptological activities in the United States.
Newsletter, Number 24 (1 June, 1957)
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It is gratifying to note that, in spite of the uncertainty in the Middle East, there has been no appreciable falling off in the membership of the Center nor of the interest of the Members in the aims of our organization. A tangible evidence of such interest is the recent gift of $150., voluntarily made by a Trustee who wishes to remain anonymous, to help defray the expenses of the present representative of the Center in Egypt, Mr. Edward F. Wente, who, as announced to the Members on March 1و kindly consented to render such services for the Center as circumstances permit for the remainder of the present season. Until June 30و Mr. Wente may be reached at the following address:
Newsletter, Number 25 (June 26, 1957)
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Last week occurred a rather unfortunate incident which has received widespread publicity in the Egyptian papers. Dr. Charles A. Muses of the Falcon’s Wings. Press, who had been excavating at Dahshur in the area south of the Amenemhet III pyramid, was arrested at the Cairo airport charged with attempting to smuggle from the country antiquities and un-declared money. At the moment he is in the hospital following a nervous collapse at the time of his arrest, and the police are engaged in probing the matter. Professor Selim Hassan has been assigned to evaluate and determine the provenience of the objects in Dr. Muses* possession.
Newsletter, Number 26 (December. 1957)
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This Newsletter, which contains the report of the Annual Meeting, follows a slightly different pattern from those of the past. It begins with the address of the President of the Center made at that meeting, which (it is hoped) all members will read attentively, continues with letters from the Director in Cairo and other archaeological news, and concludes With the various reports presented to the members at the Annual Meeting.
Newsletter, Number 27 (February, 1958)
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Reports received in. December and early January from Edward F. Wente, Director of the Center in Cairo, painted the immediate future of archaeological research in Egypt proper in rather gloomy colors. His most recent letter, dated January 22, is, however, rather more hopeful. This Newsletter, presents a summary, with a few additions from other sources, of the news in Mr. Wente*s letters. Following this is a communication from Mr. John Alden Williams, the Center's second Fellow, on work in the Islamic field.
Newsletter, Number 28 (February 1, 1958)
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Since President Nasser's recent visit to Luxor, described in Newsletter Number Twenty-seven, a committee has been formed to undertake a speedy improvement of Luxor. This committee has already arrived in Luxor to make plans for extensive alterations in this most famous of Upper Egyptian sites. An expenditure of four million pounds is contemplated to make the region more attractive to tourists, and of this sum, five hundred thousand pounds has already been made available. It is said that the work is to be completed within six months. Since the antiquities of ancient Thebes and the necropolis on the opposite bank will be affected, the well-known Egyptian archaeologist, Zaki Saad, is a member of the Committee.
Newsletter, Number 29 (May, 1958)
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It is a pleasure to announce that the fellowships of the Center, made possible by the generous grant of the Bollingen Foundation, have been awarded for the season of 1958-1959 to Dr. John Alden Williams and Dr. Helen J. Wall.
In view of the excellent work done by Dr. Williams during the present season, his fellowship has been renewed, since he wishes to remain in the Near East for another year, in preparation for a post as Assistant Professor in the Institute for Islamic Studies at McGill University, Montreal, where he will assume his duties in the Autumn of 1959, to teach Islamic cultural history and history of art and archaeology. Mr. Williams will travel during the summer in North Africa and will visit Iran, India, and Pakistan before his return to the United States.
Newsletter, Number 30 (July, 1958)
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!in a recent letter, Mr. Edward F. Wente, Director of the Center in Cairo, describes Excavations conducted at Tura, the site of the quarries from which the Egyptians obtained the fine white limestone used for the outer coating of the Pyramids. These Quarries, situated only a few miles south of Cairo, were worked all during antiquity find indeed down to the present day, when a huge cement factory has been established in their vicinity. Mr. Wente has an exciting story to tell of recent developments at the site.
Newsletter, Number 36 (December, 1959)
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Appended to this Newsletter are the minutes of the Annual Meeting held on November 17. Members who were not present at the meeting are urged to read them with care. It may not be amiss, however, before presenting the communications received from this year's Fellows in Egypt, to draw attention to some of the points raised by the President of the Center, Mr. Edward W. Forbes, in his report to the meeting.
Newsletter, Number 37 (February, I960)
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Winter has settled on Cairo now, and the days have grown cool enough to require a light overcoat in the evenings. The sky is frequently overcast, and a few modest showers have fallen since I last wrote. The country people go about with their heads swathed in long brown scarves, in obedience to a theory that if you keep your head warm, the rest of the body doesn’t matter much. With the approach of Christmas, the more fashionable shops in Cairo have suddenly burgeoned forth with wreaths, figures of Santa Claus (all rather emaciated to an American eye unaccustomed to the more austere European tradition), and even Christmas trees. These last are usually artificial since Egypt is naturally short of the real thing. Some people use young tamarisks or branches of tamarisk arranged on an artificial trunk. The result is a very attractive substitute in silvery green.
Newsletter, Number 31 (September, 1958)
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Dr. John Alden Williams, who has been awarded the Center's Islamic fellowship for study in Egypt during the coming season, has not been forgetful of the Center during the summer, which he has spent in visiting Islamic monuments in Spain and North Africa. The present Newsletter consists of extracts from his letters. While it contains nothing directly concerned with Egypt, it should prove of value to members of the Center who are interested in the art and culture of Islam.
Newsletter, Number 86 (JULY 1973)
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CONTENTS:
Ahmed Fakhry, 1905-1973--
Notes from Princeton--
News from Former Fellows--
Documents in the Mahkama Ash-shar’Iya / by Terence Walz--
Meeting of Archeologists Concerned with Ancient Egyptian Pottery / by Dorothea Arnold--
A Program to Conserve, Record, Analyze and Publish Four Old Kingdom Mastabas in the Great Western Cemetery of the Giza Necropolis / by Kent R. Weeks--
Report on the Work of the Epigraphic Survey, the Oriental Institute, Luxor, Egypt, for the Season 1972-1973 / by Edward F. Wente--
Book Review: The Oasis of Egypt, Vol. I, Siwa Oases, / by Ahmed Fakhry Reviewed by Jasper Yeates Brinton --
Notes on Activities in Egypt--
The Center’s Guest Book.
Newsletter, Number 90 (SUMMER 1974)
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CONTENTS:
Notes from Princeton--
Works in Egyptology Currently in Progress Late Egyptian Features in Middle Kingdom Non-Literary--
Inscriptions Progress Report April 1974 by David Silverman--
Diary of a Dig / by Elizabeth Rodenbeck--
Footnotes to President Nixon’s Visit to Egypt / by John Dorman--
Photographs of the Fostat--
Notes on Activities in Egypt--
The Center’s Guest Book.
Newsletter, Number 107 (WINTER 1978/79)
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CONTENTS:
ARCE News--
News from Cairo--
Arabic Writing Today: ”The Drama”--
News of Other Associations--
Antiquities News--
Fieldnotes: The Dakhleh Oasis Project--
Research on Syrian Immigrant Communities in Egypt / Thomas Philipp--
Excavations at Mendes / Margaret Harrison--
Qasim Amin and His Era / Charles D. Smith--
Franco-Egyptian Cultural Relations in the Nineteenth Century / Alain Silvera--
Excavations at Akhmim, Egypt: 1978 / Shelia J. McNally--
Festivals Commemorating Muslim Saints (Mulids) / Edward B. Reeves--
The Middle Commentaries on Aristotle’s Organon by Averroes / Charles E. Butterworth.
Newsletter, Number 133 (SPRING 1986)
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CONTENT:
Final Report on Sirat Bani Hilal; The Text of an Arab Folk Epic, Susan Slyomovics--
as-Sayyida A'isha bint Abi Bakr: FiNAL REPORT' Denise A. Spellberg--
Research on Medieval Waqf Documents: Preliminary Report from the Field, Car'L F. Petry--
Primary Health Care in Egypt: Preliminary Report from the Field, Kim Cairney--
Wadi Tumilat Survey, Carol A, Redmount-
Comparative Study of Public Sectors: Egypt, John Waterbury--
New By-Laws--
Notices.