Tag Archives: Adam Lajtar

RIP RHP

Posted on June 1, 2019 by ergamenis

Yesterday I published an article about some of the “Treasures from Nubia and Sudan in Bergen” in the weekly column of the Manuscripts’ and Rare Books’ Collections hosted at the online journal of the University of Bergen “På Høyden“. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Nubia | Tagged Adam Lajtar, Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, Medieval Nubian Texts, Richard Holton Pierce, Tomas Hägg | Leave a comment

Two comments on two wall inscriptions from the Faras Cathedral

Posted on January 12, 2018 by ergamenis

I guess there is hardly any reader of this blog that is not acquainted with The Ancient World Online (AWOL) blog. If not, check out HERE. AWOL has an alphabetic list of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies, which counted … Continue reading →

Posted in Nubia | Tagged Adam Lajtar, dipinti, Faras Cathedral, graffiti, Greek in Nubia, Grzegorz Ochala, Old Nubian, Sonqi Tino, Vincent van Gerven Oei, wall inscriptions | Leave a comment

The Third Makuria Day

Posted on December 19, 2017 by ergamenis

On Friday the 15th of December 2017 there took place at the University of Warsaw, the “Third Makuria Day” organized by professor Włodzimierz Godlewski and the Polish Center for Mediterranean Archaeology. The previous events took place in the frame of … Continue reading →

Posted in Nubia | Tagged Adam Lajtar, Agata Deptula, Archbishop Georgics of Dongola, Dobrochna Zielinska, Empowering the dead, Giovanni Ruffini, Grzegorz Ochala, Jacques van der Vliet, Magic, Makuria Day, Nubian bishops, Vincent van Gerven Oei, Wlodzimierz Godlewski | 1 Comment

Poles on the Nile

Posted on May 28, 2016 by ergamenis

Sometimes you wonder why you have not heard for a long time from friends from abroad, how they are doing with their lives, when will you catch up with them and discuss again the projects that you work on together. … Continue reading →

Posted in archaeology, Nubia | Tagged Adam Lajtar, Archaeology in Egypt & Sudan: Opportunities for Future Collaboration, Artur Obluski, Day of Makuria, Dobrochna Zielinska, Magda Wozniak, Pawel Wolf, Poles on the Nile, Wlodzimierz Godlewski | Leave a comment

One goal achieved

Posted on February 16, 2016 by ergamenis

In the first entry for 2016, we listed some goals that would be worth pursuing in the New Year. Among those, reading a couple of new publications was named. And indeed, one of them, perhaps the most awaited, has already … Continue reading →

Posted in books | Tagged Adam Lajtar, Agata Deptula, Giovanni Ruffini, Grzegorz Ochala, Jacques van der Vliet, Jan van Ginkel, Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Kerstin Weber-Thum, Klaas A. Worp, Nubian Voices II, Petra Weschenfelder, Renate Dekker, Robin Seignobos, Vincent van Gerven Oei | 3 Comments

Neuchâtel – day 3

Posted on September 4, 2014 by ergamenis

As it has become traditional, in the second day of the International Conference for Nubian Studies – this year held at Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the academic base of Matthieu Honegger, the new director of the Swiss Archaeological Mission to the Sudan – the … Continue reading →

Posted in archaeology | Tagged 13th International Conference for Nubian Studies, Adam Lajtar, Ali Osman, Artur Obluski, Dobrochna Zielinska, Karel Innemée, Luc Gabolde, Magda Wozniak, Old Dongola, Palace de Peyrou, Qasr el Wizz, Qasr Ibrim, Serra East, Stuart Tyson Smith, Technology of Nubian painting, Unravelling the John Rylands Papyrus Collection, Wlodzimierz Godlewski | 1 Comment

Fascinating days…

Posted on May 27, 2013 by ergamenis

As one can imagine, the absence from the blog the last two weeks meant everything else but laziness and empty times… I could easily dedicate not just an entry but an entire book to the experience of becoming a father … Continue reading →

Posted in Nubia, Old Nubian | Tagged Adam Lajtar, Gerald M. Browne, Giovanni Ruffini, Grzegorz Ochala, Joost Hagen, Kerstin Weber, Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Old Nubian language, Petra Weschenfelder, Vincent van Gerven Oei | 4 Comments

Back 2 Bergen

Posted on March 4, 2010 by ergamenis

Well, it is certain that the environment of Bergen is far different than the one in Sudan… Digging is obviously of a different sort too… But our base is here, and we were glad be back and already having organized … Continue reading →

Posted in conferences and trips, Norway, people | Tagged Adam Lajtar, Snow in Bergen | Leave a comment