Professor Yannis Hamilakis has launched a new website!

They have launched their new bilingual (English-Greek) website of the Koutroulou Magoula Archaeology and Archaeological Ethnography Project!

This website has multiple sections, all of which are in English and Greek, sharing information about the site in Koutroulou Magoula and the team’s research, along with photos showing the area. There are sections that tell about the goal of the program and even the excavation.

They talk about the team throughout the years. It’s amazing to see so many people working together and accomplishing so much.

It’s a really an amazing site, go check it out!

Become a Guardian of Egyptian History

Imagine a world where the rich landscape of Egyptian history fades into obscurity, where hieroglyphs, objects, art, and traditions that define Egyptian culture are lost.

Every dollar you give to ARCE continues the preservation of Egypt’s diverse cultural heritage. Together, we can ensure that the stories of our past continue to be preserved for the future.

Guardians of Egyptian History make an IMPACT in:

• Protection of cultural heritage from climate change.
• Restoration of ancient artifacts that tell the stories and the secrets of our ancestors.
• Climate Change Recovery: water damage often requires rapid intervention to protect vulnerable sites. Your contributions will allow ARCE to respond swiftly and effectively to safeguard against deterioration.
• Prevention of historical sites from the damage of time and neglect.
• Education through the support of outreach and activities across American communities.
• Research critical for strengthening front-line study essential for understanding Egypt’s past for future generations.
• Training to increase professional development of scholars and future Egyptologists, archaeologists and conservators.

To make a gift of stock, from a donor advised fund or a charitable gift annuity, contact Christina DiMeglio Lopez, cdimeglio@arce.org.

DIVERSIFYING HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN RHODE ISLAND

(Providence, R.I.) A Newport cemetery that contains the burials of enslaved and free people of African heritage, a church built for Westerly’s African American community, Providence homes advertising tourist accommodations in the Green Book—these Rhode Island sites are listed in the National Register of Historic Places for their significant African and African American history. Many other important properties have been overlooked, or their full stories have not been told. While Rhode Island can claim 17,500 properties in the federal government’s list of sites worthy of preservation, few of these listings document the experiences and contributions of people of African heritage. An initiative of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (RIHPHC) is diversifying historic preservation by expanding representation in the National Register.

This effort originated in 2014 with a project coordinated by RIHPHC and Rhode Island Black Heritage Society (RIBHS) to research and record the history of African Americans and Cape Verdeans in the College Hill Historic District in Providence. Documentation of seventy-five properties associated with people of African heritage was added to the National Register nomination, presenting a more complete understanding of the people who lived, worked, studied, and worshipped in this historic Providence neighborhood.

Additional phases have focused on the history of African Americans’ struggle for civil rights in Rhode Island, from the colony’s first law regarding enslavement in 1652 through State efforts to desegregate schools into the 1970s. The ongoing initiative has produced exhibits, curricula, public programs, and two survey reports. Work is currently underway to prepare a National Register nomination for the Pawtucket residence of groundbreaking African American journalist John Carter Minkins (1869-1959), who called out and fought racial injustice from the 1900s to the 1950s.

Later this year, RIHPHC will hire a preservation consultant to prepare a document on the theme of African American Civil Rights in Rhode Island and to nominate four related properties to the National Register. This document, the Multiple Property Documentation Form, is expected to streamline the National Register nomination process and result in more listings that honor people of African heritage in state and local history.

The ongoing initiative has been supported by a series of federal grants. The most recent award is a $66,000 Underrepresented Communities Grant (URC) from the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The HPF has funded more than $2 billion since its inception in 1977 towards historic preservation grants.

National Park Service Director Chuck Sams said, “The National Park Service is proud to work with our Tribal, State, and local partners through the Underrepresented Communities grant program to ensure that the National Register better reflects the important places and significant stories of all Americans.”

“It is important that, as the state office for Historical Preservation and Heritage, we are undertaking these efforts to add the stories of people of African heritage to the National Register in Rhode Island,” added RIHPHC Executive Director Sarah Zurier