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Scabbards and Belt Fittings

open access: yesEarly Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery (3-vol. set), 2021
Two copper-based buckles Z4/20 [Cat. 1] and Z4/81 [Cat. 2]were found inT.4. Buckle Z4/20wasmade of brass, as confirmed by xrf tests (see Chapter 19, this volume). This object is of relatively simple construction.

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Elements of Burial Equipment

open access: yesEarly Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery (3-vol. set), 2021
The El-Zuma tumuli yielded a wealth of burial equipment made of various raw materials. Unfortunately, many of these items had been badly damaged by environmental conditions and displaced by robber activity (see Volume i, Chapters 3 and 5).

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Pottery in the Funerary Context, Chronology and State of Archaeological Research—An Overview

open access: yesEarly Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery (3-vol. set), 2021
The Nubians believed in the afterlife, and that death was a journey to a new life in another world, and that it was necessary to equip the deceased for this journey (MahmoudEl-Tayeb 2012, 80).Mortuary practices had twomain aspects: a social dimension ...

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Dongola Reach: A Historical, Geographical and Economic Overview

open access: yesEarly Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery (3-vol. set), 2021
Ancient Nubia [Fig. 1.1], in contrast to ancient Egypt, does not boast a wealth of documentary evidence to tell us about its history, nor has its archaeological record been as extensively investigated. The earliest information concerning Ancient Nubia is
Mahmoud El-Tayeb
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Burial Typology: Remarks and Discussion

open access: yesEarly Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery (3-vol. set), 2021
Answers to some, if not all, of the questions concerning the date and cultural horizon of the cemetery were found during the first season of excavation.
Mahmoud El-Tayeb
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The Role of Wad Nimeiri Castle in the Economy during the Medieval Period, Sudan

open access: yes, 2021
This castle of Wad Nimeiri is situated on the left bank of the Nile, about 25 km south of modern Dongola and about 100 km north of Old Dongola. It is one of the most important medieval castles along the Nile. The study seeks to shed light on the economic
Adam,  Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman
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El-Zuma Cemetery: Contemporary Threats to the Site

open access: yesEarly Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery (3-vol. set), 2021
The cemetery in El-Zuma is located on the edge of a dynamically growing village, which is encroaching on the tumulus field and threatening its complete absorption.
Jolanta Juchniewicz
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The Conception of the Archaeological Park in El-Zuma

open access: yesEarly Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery (3-vol. set), 2021
On the strength of decision 27 com 8C.31, taken by the unescoWorldHeritageCommittee in 2003, “GebelBarkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region” became the first cultural heritage property in Sudan to be inscribed on the World Heritage List (C i, ii, iii ...
Jolanta Juchniewicz
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Using the Carrot as the Stick: U.S. Foreign Aid and the Effectiveness of Sanctions Threats

open access: yes, 2023
These are the replication materials for "Using the Carrot as the Stick," including the STATA data sets, do file, and the Online Appendix. - "Using the Carrot as the Stick - Early and Jadoon.dta" is the main data set - "Threat Imposition Robustness ...
Early, Bryan
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First dye identification analyses conducted on textiles from Old Dongola (Sudan, 17th–18th centuries CE)

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 406-424, April 2024.
Abstract The Middle Nile Valley offers exceptional environmental conditions that allow the preservation of organic materials, including textiles. This paper presents the results of the analysis of 17 samples collected from wool, cotton, and silk textiles excavated in the ancient capital of Old Dongola from layers dated to the 17th and 18th centuries CE.
Magdalena M. Wozniak   +3 more
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