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.
This page hosts the personal and project blogs of members of the International Society for Nubian Studies. Here you can find the latest results of research conducted in the Middle Nile Valley.
27.05.2026
Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the annual conference “Poles on the Nile,” which presents Polish archaeological research in Egypt, to be held on June 9–12, 2026, in a hybrid format (venue: University of Warsaw and via Zoom). The event is co-organised by the Department of Egyptian and Nubian Archaeology at the […]
02.04.2026
Dear ISNS Colleagues,The following exhibition may be of interest to you. Please contact the ISAC Museum directly with any questions.————————————————– “A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia” A Special Exhibition at the ISAC Museum April 16–August 16, 2026 Ancient Nubia, a region located along the Nile in what is today southern Egypt and northern Sudan, lived in […]
19.01.2026
Dear Colleagues, The upcoming Pan African Archaeological Association (PANAF) congress will be held from July 26th – 31st 2026 in Maputo, Moçambique [https://panaf2026moz.com/] They have accepted a session concerning Bioarchaeology which may be of interest. The abstract and title follow below. Questions about and/or interest in submitting a paper to the session can be addressed to Robert Stark (robert.stark(at)uwaterloo.ca). best […]
13.01.2026
Dear ISNS Colleagues, The University of Liverpool is offering two Humanitarian Scholarships for Master’s programmes. “This scholarship is intended to support international students who have recognised status as either refugees or under humanitarian protection under the 1951 Refugee Convention. This status must be held outside of the UK.”If you know of someone who might be eligible […]
12.11/2025
Lived experiences, diverse traditions and human and non-human agents throughout the ages 7th-12th Sept. 2026, Munich This quadrennial conference of the International Society for Nubian Studies draws together archaeologists, historians, anthropologists and scholars working on the cultural heritage of ancient and modern Nubia, Egypt and Sudan. The 16th International Nubian Conference is held at the […]
27.07/2021
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 […]
