After a long summer break, JBAP team members showed up en masse to Munich earlier this month for the International Conference for Nubian Studies. We were excited to present our research, hear about other projects’ recent work, and most importantly, reunite with friends and colleagues. We were especially excited to see everyone from Sudan that we haven’t seen in person since the war began in March 2023.
In total, the JBAP team presented 10 (!) papers about Jebel Barkal, ranging in topic from preliminary excavation results, to artifact studies, to community engagement. Here’s the full list:
- Geoff Emberling, “Urbanism as a process: Measuring the growth of the city at Jebel Barkal.”
- Tim B.B. Skuldbøl and Geoff Emberling, “Napata, a multi-centric city on the Middle Nile. New insights from Jebel Barkal, northern Sudan.”
- Tohamy Abulgasim, “Excavating Jebel Barkal amid Conflict: Urban Questions, Collaboration, and Archaeological Practice.”
- Sami Elamin and Pawel Wolf, “The Cemetery of Ancient Napata Rediscovered.”
- Saskia Buechner-Matthews, Tim B.B. Skuldbøl, and Geoff Emberling, “Pottery from Jebel Barkal East Mound – form, function and food on the ‘High street.’”
- Kate Rose, “In the Shadow of the God Amun: New Thermal Imagery from Jebel Barkal.”
- Jan Peeters, Tim G. Winkels, Pawel Wolf, Tim B.B. Skuldbøl, Elizabeth L. Chamberlain, Saskia Büchner-Matthews, Sami M. Elamin, El-Hassan A. Mohamed, and Geoff Emberling, “Reconstructing the Holocene landscape of Napata: fluvial dynamics, floodplain development and surface expression at Jebel Barkal.”
- Anna den Hollander, Bailey Franzoi, Saskia Buechner-Matthews, Dorian Q Fuller, Sami Elamin, Ahmed Hassan, Tim B.B. Skuldbøl, and Geoff Emberling, “Subsistence practices in Napatan – Meroitic Jebel Barkal.”
- Bailey Franzoi, Tim B.B. Skuldbøl, and Geoff Emberling, “Cattle Capital: The Fauna of Meroitic Napata.”
- Anwar Mohamed, Geoff Emberling, Heidi Hilliker, and Shannon Ness, “Leaving Our Mark: Community Archaeology and Children’s Heritage Narratives at El-Kurru, Sudan.”
After the conference was formally over, we also spent some time walking through Munich’s city center. We especially enjoyed the Egyptian Museum, with the gorgeous jewelry from the tomb of Kushite Queen Amanishakheto.
We’re so proud of all the work our team has been able to produce this past few years, and look forward to accomplishing more before the next ICNS!
