28.01.2025
Invitation to the exhibition Dress to Impress
Dear Colleagues, The invitation to the exhibition ‘Dress to Impress’ may be of interest to you. Please contact the venue with any queries. best Julie———————————————– The organisers and creators are happy to invite all members of the ISNS to the opening of the exhibition Dress to Impress/In Pracht gehüllt, 5 February in Berlin. The exhibition presents […]
28.01.2025
A new monograph on Qertassi and Tafa just published
Dear Colleagues, The announcement below may be of interest to you. Please contact the publisher for further information. best Julie ——————————————- Dear Colleagues,It is my pleasure to draw your attention to a monograph entitled Qertassi and Tafa. Czechoslovak Explorations in Nubia within the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia just published by Miroslav Verner from […]
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
