Tag Archives: Meroe
Some Nubiological pointers from a trip to the USA
Last week a very interesting academic meeting on Christian Africa took place at Harvard University, co-sponsored by the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, the Committee on Medieval Studies, the Center for African Studies, the Department of African … Continue reading
From Berlin to Meroe and from Meroe to Alwa
Last week found me in Berlin again. I was there at the invitation of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) to begin cooperation with Cornelia Kleinitz on the medieval graffiti from the pyramids at Meroë and I cannot wait to present the results … Continue reading
Packing up for Berlin…
The last days we had collected a couple of interesting links to share from here and the last addition to our list was a fine coincidence since it concerns two links from the webpage of the State Library in Berlin, where … Continue reading
Khartoum-Meroe-Napata-Tumbus-Khartoum
When I arrived in Khartoum last Tuesday, there were still some things that reminded that Christmas holidays had just passed, especially for those places that celebrate Christmas with the Old Calendar dates. Sudan’s Coptic community makes Khartoum one of these … Continue reading
Dig Houses of Nubia
Recently, we came across a noteworthy online contribution to archaeology along the Nile: A couple of two amateurs of Egyptology from Holland, Marcel and Monica Maessen, started a webpage that aims at presenting subjects which: 1. are both appealing to … Continue reading
Kharga Oasis and the Darb el-Arbain in Athens
The cultivation of the desert with water irrigated from underground aquifer systems aims at creating technically what naturally is called an oasis. Some of the largest (natural) oases of the Western Desert, hundreds of kilometers away from the Nile Valley, … Continue reading
Medieval Sai Project 