Tag Archives: Islamic Archaeology
An academic return to the Benaki Museum
After reviewing the 15th volume of Sudan & Nubia in the previous entry and while waiting a very interesting and important supplement to that review, the time has come to take the Medieval Sai Project back to Athens, to the … Continue reading
Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
In the previous entry, we referred to the plural involvement of the University of Bergen in African Archaeology, and it was at the end of the previous week that a very important figure of the field, professor Tim Insoll, visited Bergen … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, Nubia
Tagged Arabic, bergen university, Coptic, Greek, inscriptions, Islamic Archaeology, Old Dongola, post-Medieval Nubia, Sai Island, Sudan, Tim Insoll
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Medieval Sai Project 