Barry Kemp awarded CBE

Barry Kemp awarded CBE
Congratulations to Professor Barry Kemp, who has just been awarded a CBE for services to archaeology, education and international relations in the 2011 New Year Honours.

Tour Egypt and support the Amarna Project

Tour Egypt and support the Amarna Project
Your Journey travel is offering a trip to Egypt in 2012 that will include a visit to all the major monuments of Egypt, along with a private tour of Amarna with Barry Kemp - and a proportion of each ticket cost will be donated to the Amarna Trust.

Fundraising campaign approaches mid-point

Fundraising campaign approaches mid-point
We are just under halfway towards the target of our fundraising campaign for recording and repair work at the North Palace in 2011. Please take the time to visit our fundraising page and help us to look after Amarna's ancient buildings.

ARCE tour to Minia

ARCE tour to Minia
The American Research Center in Egypt is running a trip to Minia in January 2011 that will include a tour of Amarna with Prof. Barry Kemp.

Sale price on Amarna monographs

Sale price on Amarna monographs
The Egypt Exploration Society is holding a Christmas book sale, with some recent Amarna monographs amongst the reduced titles.

ARCE lecture: Akhenaten's Palaces at Amarna

ARCE lecture: Akhenaten's Palaces at Amarna
Prof. Barry Kemp will be presenting a free public lecture on 'Akhenaten's Palaces at Amarna' at the American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo Center, on December 15th.

New research on skeletons from the South Tombs Cemetery

New publication on Amarna skeletons
Dr Gretchen Dabbs presents her research on sex determination using scapula metrics, based on skeletal material from the Amarna South Tombs Cemetery, in the latest issue of HOMO - the Journal of Comparative Human Biology.

South Tombs Cemetery - 2010 reports available

A full set of reports on the 2010 excavations at the South Tombs Cemetery is now available online.

New book on Amarna leatherwork

Congratulations to Dr André Veldmeijer on his new monograph on Amarna leatherwork, now available through DrukWare publishing.

Excavation archive footage

The Egypt Exploration Society has recently uploaded to youtube some fascinating archive footage of their excavations at Amarna from 1930–33.