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Modern Nubiology was born in the early 1960s, when an international salvage campaign was launched by UNESCO to save the monuments of Lower Nubia being flooded by the construction of the Aswan High Dam and the creation of Lake Nasser. This campaign brought together scholars from over 25 countries from around the world and revealed the richness and cultural diversity of Nubian civilisation.

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News

17.10.2024

Conference Call for Papers

Dear ISNS Members, Mariusz Drzewiecki is co-organising a session during the 52nd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA) International Conference in Athens, Greece, from 5–9 May 2025.The session is titled “Heritage under Bombs – Digital Methods in the Study of Endangered Heritage in Conflict Zones.” The aim is to bring together researchers monitoring […]

16.10.2024

Stefan Jakobielski

Dear ISNS Members, It is with great sadness to let you know of the recent passing of Stefan Jakobielski. He will be greatly missed. Please see the link below from the Polish Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2024/10/15/stefan-jakobielski-1937-2024-en/ Sincerely Julie

23.09.2024

Costumes of Power in Christian Nubia

Dear ISNS Members, On 17 October, the Louvre will be hosting a lecture entitled ‘Textile Archaeology: Restoring the Costumes of Power in Christian Nubia (6th – 14th centuries’ which may be of interest to you. Further detail may be found here:https://www.louvre.fr/expositions-et-evenements/evenements-activites/archeologie-du-textile-restituer-les-costumes-du-pouvoir-de-la-nubie-chretienne-6e-14e-sieclesPlease contact the organisers with any questions. Best wishes Julie

20.09.2024

Meroitic Conference 2024 Statement on Sudan

Dear Colleagues, For information and dissemination: attached please find the statement from the participants of the 13th International Conference for Meroitic Studies (2024) regarding the situation in Sudan.Sincerely Julie Statement of the participants of the 13th International Conference for Meroitic Studies, approved on 13. September 2024 At the kind invitation of the Institute of Egyptology and […]


Events

27.07/2021

15th International Conference for Nubian Studies – 29th August – 4th September 2022

The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw will host the 15th International Conference for Nubian Studies in Warsaw from August 29th to September 4th, 2022. Every four years, the ICNS conference brings together archaeologists, epigraphists, historians, and other scholars working on the ancient and modern history of Sudan and Nubia, from prehistory to […]