For readers who want the full text of the field files with the dated change log, plus the searchable bibliographic index.
For researchers, writers and tour designers using the guide as a working reference. Adds full GPS tracks and the operator background notes.
For institutions and serious independent users. Adds the printed quarterly Field Notebook mailed from Cairo and a standing line to a named editor.
The matrix is the version the desk uses to set up new accounts. If something is not in the table, it is not in the tier.
| What you get | Reader | Library | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public field files, full text + dated change log | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bibliographic index search | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GPS tracks (GPX, KMZ) | — | Yes | Yes, incl. unpublished |
| Operator background notes | — | Yes | Yes |
| SCA inspector contact sheet | — | Yes | Yes |
| Bilingual SCA bulletin translations | Titles only | Full text | Full text |
| Printed quarterly Field Notebook | — | — | Yes |
| Standing line to a named editor | — | — | Yes |
| Reduction on commissioned work | — | 20% | 40% |
| Acknowledgement in the Annual Digest | — | — | Yes |
| Billing cadence | Monthly | Monthly | 6 months min., then monthly |
You set up a subscription by writing to the desk through the contact page; we do not run a self-serve checkout. The reason is practical — most subscribers are institutional and need an invoice with a particular reference, billing address, or VAT treatment under their national rules. Quoting from a short form is faster than reverse-engineering it from a card receipt.
We accept payment in Egyptian pounds for clients with Egyptian bank accounts and in euros or US dollars for international clients via SWIFT transfer to the Quseir bank account. Card payments are not supported; the administrative overhead is disproportionate to the subscription volume. An invoice is issued at the start of every billing period; Reader and Library tiers cancel from the account page and access continues until the end of the paid period. The Field tier carries the six-month minimum because the first two printed notebooks are printed and shipped before the second invoice is issued.
VAT treatment: as an Egyptian L.L.C. registered under VAT ID 819-426-705, we charge Egyptian VAT to Egyptian subscribers. International subscribers are zero-rated under the standard export rules and are responsible for any reverse-charge VAT in their own jurisdiction. We can issue VAT invoices in either Egyptian or international format on request.
An annual discount shifts cash forward at the cost of editorial flexibility. We would rather lose a marginal subscriber than have a year of pre-paid revenue locked against a tier we may want to revise. The price is set to be sustainable monthly; if monthly does not feel worth it, an annual discount will not change that.
No. Every public field file is free to read in full, with the dated change log visible. If the public material does not justify the subscription on its own, the subscription is not for you yet.
Yes. The institutional Field tier is €400 per six months for up to ten named users, with €25 per six months for each additional user. Contact the desk for the framework agreement template; the document is short and not negotiable on the core clauses.
Access continues until the end of the paid period; we do not pro-rate refunds for partial periods.
Yes, at any tier. The invoice goes to the gifter; access goes to the recipient. Field-tier gifts include a personal note from the editor inside the first mailed notebook.
Yes. The Library tier is €14 per month for students enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate programme in archaeology, classics, marine biology, geography or tourism studies. Send proof of enrolment by email; the rate runs to the end of the academic year and renews on fresh proof.
The day after the paid period ends, access drops back to public-only. Your account is preserved for twelve months; if you resubscribe inside that window, your download history is restored. After twelve months the account is archived and a fresh subscription opens a new one.
In principle yes, but the card-payment overhead from outside Egypt makes the cost difference negligible. We default international subscribers to euros for simplicity.
Tell us the tier, your billing address and your preferred currency. The first reply, with the invoice, arrives inside one Egyptian working day.