The couple made a total of 17 trips along the Nile River aboard Davis's yacht the Bedawin, mainly to the Valley of the Kings in the hopes of uncovering new royal tombs.
In 1889, Andrews moved in with Newport, Rhode Island millionaire lawyer and archaeologist Theodore M. Davis and his wife, Annie Buttles, who was Emma's cousin.
Andrews spent much of her time watching the excavation of the tomb of Yuya and Thuyu that Davis and Arthur Weigall worked together on in the heat of Egypt, adding comments such as "I thought he had been affected by bad air, but it was only excitement - for he ejaculated 'wonderful,' 'extraordinary,' etc"[4] in reference to Weigall emerging from the tomb after uncovering a significant portion.
"[5] In January 1903, Andrews and Davis met with Howard Carter several times to discuss the discoveries of the tombs of Maiherpri and Thothmes IV.
Andrews remarked that a leather loincloth discovered in the former tomb was some of "the most wonderful work I have seen in Egypt", and had described the discovery of the latter as a "fine success for [Davis] and Carter" for the contents found within, which Andrews records in her diary as being "a splendid sarcophagus, beautiful wall decorations and floor strewn with blue pottery more or less broken".
[3] Andrews was elected in 1887 as Vice President for the Newport Industrial School for Girls shortly after moving in with Davis.