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A Report from a Visit to Sai Island by Magdalena Wozniak
After several years of absence from fieldwork on Sai Island, an opportunity appeared in June to resume some sort of work in the form of a reconnaissance trip and the writing of a report on the conditions of the site, … Continue reading
News from Sudan archaeology
The last days have brought Sudan to the fore-scene of international news agencies with the demonstrations by the Sudanese people in Khartoum and other big cities, and the brutal repression by the government of Omar El Bashir. Archaeological activities in … Continue reading
Early descriptions of the so-called Cathedral of Sai
Since the early 1800s, Sai Island and its antiquities have been attractive to European explorers. The first to successfully cross over to Sai and to describe the antiquities there was Frédéric Cailliaud, as we wrote in the newly published report … Continue reading
Second Entry from Sai
It is hard to describe the rhythm of life on Sai these days, the rapidity with which the days of our second week here passed… Although, the tasks of the protection of the site have continued, the main activities since … Continue reading
first entry from Sai!
So, here we are! Adding a photo to the previous entry and taking profit of the kindness of our friend and colleague Vincent to gain access to the Internet and share some news… The target of the season being … Continue reading
The Cathedral of Sai
In a dried out river channel on the northern part of the island, there is a site that has been proposed by Jean Vercoutter – the first director of French archaeological investigations on Sai – as the Cathedral of the … Continue reading
Medieval Sai Project 