While the number of our blogs this year has been somewhat fewer than last year (so far!), that doesn’t mean we’ve not been hard at work.
Here are three updates on JBAP research and outreach to round off March – including one upcoming talk tomorrow, Wednesday 1 April:
- Geoff was quoted in a recent Hyperallergic article which reported that approximately 60% of the collections of Sudan’s National Museum have been looted during the ongoing conflict. The loss highlights the serious risks facing Sudan’s archaeological heritage and the importance of continued documentation, research, and preservation efforts.
- JBAP subscribers may also be interested in a virtual lecture tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1 at 1:00 pm EST, hosted by AmSARC: Heritage in a Sudanese Village: A Short Documentary Film of El-Kurru, presented by Alyaa Musa and Geoff Emberling. The lecture will focus on the village of El-Kurru and the relationship between local communities and heritage preservation. Registration is available here: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/HIiZ52atSvGLI_Y82qtJ2w#/registration
- We are also pleased to share that our article, “Holocene Nile Dynamics Shaped the Physical and Cultural Landscape of Ancient Nubia,” has been accepted for publication in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences). PNAS is a leading multidisciplinary scientific journal, consistently ranking among the top academic journals globally, making this an important milestone for the project and its contributors. The article was authored by Jan Peeters, Tim Winkels, Pawel Wolf, Tim Skuldbøl, Elizabeth L. Chamberlain, Saskia Büchner-Matthews, Sami M. Elamin, El-Hassan A. Mohamed, and Geoff Emberling. While the article is currently under a strict embargo, stay tuned and we’ll let you know when it’s out! A big congrats to those team members, meanwhile!
