Tag Archives: Qasr Ibrim
Wanderings about Nubian Frontiers in Warsaw
On the 18th of December I returned to Warsaw. Such a return concerns normally a Nubiological event, but it’s of course always a pleasure to see my friends there and enjoy the unique atmosphere of the town, highlighted specially the … Continue reading
Neuchâtel – day 3
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
Ajjaji – a Nubian name for a Nubian king
This post is a collaboration between Alexandros Tsakos and Robin Seignobos that is hosted here because of the kindness of Robin and a coincidence with the case-studies that the two of us have been working upon. In detail: The work … Continue reading
News from England after the trip to England
We said in the previous post that we would be in England last weekend and that subjects related to Sudan would come out. After a first week of work at our base in Bergen, it is time to recollect these … Continue reading
Manuscripts and Paleography
The last couple of entries presented various topics related to Nubian textual resources and their online presentations. Many aspects from these entries remain open, like for example the smoothness of transcriptions of Old Nubian in the existing fonts, the integration … Continue reading
Easter … again!
Today, the Orthodox Church is celebrating Easter Sunday. We will not attempt to explain the difference between the Catholic date of Easter and the Orthodox one. We wish only to commemorate this day by referring to two textual references that we … Continue reading
Medieval Sai Project 