This article argues that forms of civility governing who possessed the credibility to carry out archaeological fieldwork in Egypt changed during the post-Second World War era of decolonization. Incorporating Arabic sources, the article focuses on the preparation of a dig house used during an excavation run by the Egyptian Department of Antiquities and the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania at the site of Mit Rahina, Egypt, in the mid-1950s. The study demonstrates how the colonial genealogies of such structures converged with political changes heralded by the rise of Egypt's President Nasser. Preparing the dig house, Euro-American archaeologists involved with the excavation had to abide by social norms practiced by the Egyptians who had recently taken charge of the Department of Antiquities. Given that these norms often perpetuated older hierarchies of race, gender, and class, however, the article questions what the end of colonialism actually meant for archaeology in Egypt and elsewhere.

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1950年代中期埃及的信誉，文明和考古挖掘房屋

本文认为，在第二次世界大战后非殖民化时代，在埃及进行考古野外工作具有公信力的文明统治形式发生了变化。本文结合阿拉伯语资源，重点介绍了埃及古物部门和宾夕法尼亚大学大学博物馆在1950年代中期在埃及米特·拉希纳（Mit Rahina）遗址进行开挖时所使用的挖掘房的准备工作。这项研究表明，这种结构的殖民谱系如何与埃及总统纳赛尔的崛起预示的政治变化融合在一起。在准备挖掘室时，参与挖掘工作的欧美考古学家必须遵守最近负责古物部门的埃及人所实行的社会规范。