14.01.2025

Publication: Naga – Amuntempel – Relief Malerei Inschriften

Dear Colleagues, The third edition of “Archäologie im Sudan” (ArS 3) entitled Naga – Amuntempel – Relief Malerei Inschriften is now available and may be of interest to you. Please see the link for further information and contact the publishers directly. A synopsis follows below. Best wishes Juliehttps://www.ugarit-verlag.com/en/collections/archaeological-research-of-sudan-ars “Clearance would be required before the temple could be […]

10.01.2025

Bakri Hassan Ali

Dear Colleagues, It is with sadness that we inform you of the recent death of our colleague Bakri Hassan Ali, curator of the Sultan Bahar al-Din Museum in Geneina, Western Darfur State. He will be greatly missed. 

10.01.2025

Bioarchaeological insights into funerary practices, identity and mobility in ancient Sudan

Dear Colleagues, The following online colloquium Bioarchaeological insights into funerary practices, identity and mobility in ancient Sudan may be of interest to you. Please see the attached program and link below. Please contact the organisers directly with any queries. All the best Julie After some technical problems in December when this seminar was originally planned to occur, […]

07.01.2025

Palace of Amanishakhete

Dear ISNS Members, The following report is now available and may be of interest to you. best Julie————————————- Wad Ben Naga Report V: The Palace of Amanishakhete. Vrtal, Vlastimil. Publisher: National Museum, Prague. 520 pp., ISBN: 978-80-7036-839-8.Printed book available for the price of 990 CZK at the following link (shipping EU only) or through resellers: […]

07.01.2025

Nubia Campaign publication

Dear ISNS Members,The following publication may be of interest to you. All the best Julie ———————————————————– Remembering the “Nubia Campaign”: Recollections and Evaluations of The International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia after Fifty Years Publisher: Brill, December 19, 2024 Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 141 Volume Editor: Maria Costanza De Simone  ISBN […]

10.12.2024

SAfA Faro 2025 Session on ‘Archaeological Insights to Apiculture in Africa’

Dear Colleagues, The following may be of interest to you. Please address any queries to the conference organisers.  Best wishes Julie A session on apiculture in African contexts will be held at the Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) in Faro, Portugal (21st to 26th July 2025). Should you be interested in delivering a paper on evidence […]

09.12.2024

Christian Inscriptions from Egypt and Nubia

Dear Colleagues,The following publication has just appeared and may be of interest to you.Please address any queries to the publisher and/or authors. All the best, Julie—————————- Alain Delattre, Jitse Dijkstra & Jacques van der Vliet, Christian Inscriptions from Egypt and Nubia. A Critical Bulletin (2012-2022) = Papyrologica Bruxellensia. 43. Bruxelles, Association Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth [diffusion: Peeters, Leuven], 2024, […]

09.12.2024

16th ISNS Conference 2026 – Save the date!

Dear Colleagues,We are please to announce that the 16th International Conference forNubian Studies will be held in Munich from Sept. 7-12th 2026. A firstcircular with more information will be sent in December.All the best Julie

13.11.2024

Martin Krause 1930 – 2024

Dear Colleagues, It is my sad duty to inform you that Martin Krause, esteemed Coptologistand founder of the Chair of Coptic Studies in Muenster (Germany) passedaway at the age of 94. His broad conception of Coptology also led him toresearch Nubia in late antiquity, and he co-organised the 5thInternational Conference of Nubian Studies in Heidelberg […]

24.10.2024

New Publication: Voices from Nubia

Dear ISNS Members, The following new publication may be of interest to you: Voices from Nubia: A Collection of Essays on Contemporary Nubian Literature from Egypt. eds. Amal Mazher, Faten Morsy and Mona Radwan. Publisher Punctum Books. The link to the book follows below and it is available open access: https://punctumbooks.com/titles/voices-from-nubia-critical-essays-on-contemporary-nubian-literature-from-egypt/ Sincerely Julie