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Western Connections of Northeast Africa: The Garnet Evidence from Late Antique Nubia, Sudan
Archaeometry, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 227-246, April 2021., 2021 Outstanding garnet beads were found recently in an elite tumulus dated to the fourth century AD and located at the cemetery of Hagar el‐Beida in the Upper Nubian Nile Valley region. Whereas contacts of Northeast Africa with South Asia have just been proven through analysis of glass beads found in Nubia and dating to the time of intensive Indian Ocean ...
J. Then‐Obłuska +3 more
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Short history of the Church of Makuria (mid-6th–early 12th century) [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018 The article outlines the history of the Makurian church from the conversion of the kingdom to Christianity until the death of the archbishop Georgios in AD 1113, focusing particularly on the relations of the Makurian Church with the Church of Alexandria,
Włodzimierz Godlewski
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Animals from the tumuli in el-Detti in Sudan: from bone remains to studying ritual [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2017 Excavation of seven tumuli during the 2015 season in a cemetery of Early Makurian date located in the village of el-Detti yielded an extensive animal bone assemblage, altogether 590 bone fragments, accompanying the other finds. Poor preservation resulted
Urszula Iwaszczuk
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Remarks on pottery production, technology and vessel usage in el-Zuma [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2017 Continuing excavation in the tumuli field in el-Zuma has yielded an extensive pottery assemblage, adding to the material that has already been published in general reports. New types and variants of vessels have been identified.
Ewa Czyżewska-Zalewska
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Animal remains from the Early Makurian cemetery in el-Zuma(season 2013) [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2016 Excavation in 2013 of two tumuli, T.15 and T.21, making up part of the Early Makuriancemetery at El-Zuma, yielded numerous animal bones among other finds.
Urszula Iwaszczuk
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In Search of the Nubian Master-Builders: An Architectural Drawing from the Faras Cathedral. Appendix: Prayer of a Young Woman [PDF]
, 2016 A glance at a makeshift drawing from the cathedral in Faras suggests that it may depict the ground plan of a church. Nevertheless, the naive appearance of the sketch and an almost complete lack of sufficient parallels from either Nubia or the Eastern ...
Piotr Makowski, Vincent van Gerven Oei
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Imported ornaments of a Late Antiquity community in Christian Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2022 Several thousand glass beads excavated in the Maryam Anza (Tigray, Ethiopia) cemetery over three seasons between 2014 and 2016 tell the story of the direct or indirect long-distance contacts of the people buried there.
Phillips, Jacke +2 more
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The Christian Nubia and the Arabs
Studia Ceranea, 2015 Nubia constituted the area in the Nile Valley in the present day Sudan, the area which spread from the first cataract up to the place where the White Nile meets the Blue Nile. The area was inhabited by the population using a common language – Old Nubian.
Małgorzata Martens-Czarnecka
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Women in the Southwest Annex [PDF]
, 2018 The Southwest Annex of the Monastery on Kom H in Dongola [Fig. 6.1] has a number of features that indicate a relation with womanhood, including, first of all, the many depictions of the Virgin Mary (Martens-Czarnecka 2011: Cat.
Adam Łajtar, Vincent van Gerven Oei
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Geophysical surveying in Egypt: periodical report for 2021–2022 [PDF]
, 2023 A magnetic survey of an Old Kingdom necropolis at Abusir near Saqqara yielded data for a reliable reconstruction of its layout. Water management in the hinterland of the Late Antique and Byzantine city at the site of Marea in northern Egypt could be ...
Herbich, Tomasz
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