The Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte (henceforth ASAE) was created as the official journal to record and publish archaeological excavations in Egypt. Now about 124 years old, the ASAE was published annually, sometimes in multiple volumes. The writers were mainly staff members of the Antiquities Service, irrespective of their nationalities. The ASAE's importance was shown by its inclusion in the 1912 law as the official record for archaeological excavations in Egypt. Looking at Egyptian contributions to the ASAE gives us important information when compared to the number of Egyptian staff in the Antiquities Service. From 1900 to 1938, important contributors were Ahmed Kamal, Mahmoud Hamza, and Ahmed Fakhry. The ASAE started in 1900, and in 1938, it changed a lot. Its content became more varied, and more authors were allowed to publish. This started a new phase with more Egyptian contributions, which needs further study. Even though there were Egyptian inspectors in charge of excavations, the number of Egyptian contributions to the ASAE was still low compared to foreign authors. This study aims to follow and explain the growth of Egyptian contributions to the ASAE from 1900 to 1938 using a descriptive analytic method. The increase in Egyptian contributions was mainly because Egyptian archaeologists became better at writing reports in foreign languages.
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