Amarna Project receives NEH grant

Amarna Project receives NEH grant
The Amarna Project is delighted to announce that it has been awarded, in conjunction with Southern Illinois University, a grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities for 3 years of excavation at the northern cemeteries of Amarna.

New publication on Kom el-Nana

The Sunshade of Nefertiti
The latest issue of the Journal of the American Research Center includes an article by Jacquelyn Williamson on her work reconstructing relief fragments from the Sunshade of Nefertiti at Kom el-Nana.

July 26th: Amarna lecture in Horsham

July 26th: Amarna lecture in Horsham
Barry Kemp is presenting the latest results from work at Amarna at the Sussex Egyptology Society on July 26th

July 19th: Amarna lecture in Southampton

July 19th: Amarna lecture in Southampton
The Southampton Ancient Egypt Society will be hosting Barry Kemp for an Amarna Study day on July 19th

Amarna lecture in Chesterfield

July 12: Amarna lecture in Chesterfield
The Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt will be hosting a talk by Barry Kemp on the latest fieldwork at Amarna on July 12. Click here for more details!

Amarna Bioarchaeology Field School 2015

2015 Bioarchaeology fieldschool at Amarna
Applications are now being accepted for the 2015 bioarchaeology field school at Amarna. Click here for more details of this unique opportunity.

Archaeology magazine article
Archaeology magazine features Akhenaten's reign - and the work of the Amarna Project - in its May/June issue!

Barry Kemp to lecture on recent fieldwork at Amarna
The Society for the Study of Ancient Egypt will be hosting a talk by Barry Kemp on the latest fieldwork at Amarna in July. Click here for more details!

Great Aten Temple restoration, 2014

2014 restoration season at the Great Aten Temple
A period of restoration work at the Great Aten Temple is shortly to begin, marking the beginning of fieldwork at Amarna for 2014. Click here to read more on the work at the GAT.

New publication on the Workmen's Village plant remains

New publication on the Workmen's Village plant remains
The Archaeology of African Plant Use, just published, contains a chapter on the plant remains from the Amarna Workmen's Village by Chris Stevens and Alan Clapham: an important contribution to the study of the environmental history and ancient foodways of Amarna

The Sun Temple of Nefertiti: Sex and Death

The Sun Temple of Nefertiti: Sex and Death
Dr Jacquelyn Williamson's recent lecture at the Harvard Museum of Natural History on the Kom el-Nana sun temple of Nefertiti is now available on Youtube - click here to view!