In addition to the Deir el-Ballas publications, the Ancient Egyptian Heritage and Archaeology Fund is undertaking a number of additional publication projects, including a series under its own imprint to make available and update important early Egyptological publications.
Other books, articles, and papers are in the planning stages. More on all these soon!
Archaeological Fieldwork Egypt Historical Research
George Andrew Reisner (November 5, 1867 – June 6, 1942) was the most important American Archaeologist to excavate in the Nile Valley. Working for over 40 years in Egypt and the Sudan, his discoveries were legendary. Working for the University of California, the Egyptian Antiquities Service, and the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition at sites stretching from the Giza Pyramids to the royal tombs at Meroe, some of the greatest discoveries in the history of archaeology were made by Reisner and his teams.
The completed manuscript for George Andrew Reisner’s Archaeological Fieldwork was submitted to Methuen and Company Ltd. Publishers in 1937, but unfortunately, the publishers decided that such a publication was too specialized to be profitable. But given the extent of his work and the number of excavators he trained even almost a century later, it remains an invaluable tool to our understanding of his work. Edited with the help of Sue D’Auria and Jonathan P. Elias, the text remains largely Reisner’s original. While most of the excavation methods described in the manual are clearly outdated, this manuscript is invaluable for our understanding and interpretation of his results and of this important period in the development of archaeology.
Although “Sarkofager, Mumiekister og Mumiehylstre i det gamle Aegypten” appeared in 1919, still now a century later, it remains an invaluable compendium and this new English translation by Ziff Jonker makes this important resource available to a far wider audience.
Sarcophagi, Mummy Coffins, and Mummy Cases in Ancient Egypt, Typological Atlas
Studies on the Palace of Amenhotep III at Malqata covers the work undertaken by the Ancient Egyptian Heritage and Archaeology Fund at the site of Malqata from 2008 to 2017 and it addresses some of the research questions raised during that work.
Studies on the Palace of Amenhotep III at Malqata
Deir el-Ballas: Preliminary Report on the Deir el-Ballas Expedition 2017-2021. This preliminary report covers the results of four seasons of survey and limited excavation undertaken at the site of Deir el-Ballas in Upper Egypt by the Ancient Egyptian Heritage and Archaeology Fund, from 2017 to 2021.
From the Hudson to the Nile: Dows Dunham and the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan
This is the catalog for the exhibition “From the Hudson to the Nile: Dows Dunham and the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan,” on view from November 8, 2025, through May 3, 2026 at the Albany Institute of History & Art. Written by Consulting Curator Peter Lacovara, it celebrates the remarkable career of Dows Dunham (1890–1984), a Hudson Valley–born archaeologist whose pioneering fieldwork in Egypt and Sudan and dedicated scholarship transformed the field and continues to shape the study and preservation of the ancient civilizations of Africa today.
Two Royal Ladies of Meroë by Dows Dunham
In conjunction with the exhibition “From the Hudson to the Nile: Dows Dunham and the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan,” we have reprinted and updated Dows Dunham’s 1923 publication, “Two Royal Ladies of Meroë” which details two of the richest tombs discovered by the Boston expedition in Sudan.
Marion Thompson Dunham’s Egyptian Diary 1915-1916
Also as a compliment to the exhibition “From the Hudson to the Nile: Dows Dunham and the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan,” we have printed Marion Thompson Dunham’s 1915 diary of her first trip to Egypt which presents an intimate picture expatriot life of Egypt on the eve of World War I.