Geoff Emberling

We recently returned from the 15th International Conference for Nubian Studies at the University of Warsaw. Our hosts in Warsaw organized the conference beautifully, and it was particularly good to see the excellent representation of about 50 Sudanese and 15 Egyptian scholars who were able to come to Warsaw. Funding for travel costs is always […]

Hello everyone! It’s August, which for some of us means we’re at the peak of summer, and for others it starts to feel like the fall semester is getting close. The University of Michigan starts classes on August 29 this year, which is unusually early, so many of us here are starting to think about

I was recently contacted by a writer, Josh Learn, who was writing an article about Kush for Discover Magazine. It has just come out and it’s excellent: https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-rise-fall-and-underestimated-rule-of-kush. Nice to see the word getting out!

Geoff Emberling will be giving a lecture hosted by the Stanford Archaeology Center this Wednesday, May 4 at 12 noon Pacific time. The talk will be streamed online and you can register here: https://archaeology.stanford.edu/events/collaborative-archaeology-kush-northern-sudan-recent-work-around-jebel-barkal.

My name is Jan Peeters. I’m a geomorphologist based in the Netherlands, and I’m writing here about a new program of geomorphology at Jebel Barkal. The archaeological site is currently nearly 2 km from the Nile itself and we thought it was likely that there would have been a channel of the river closer to

During this field season, we launched a community engagement program as part of the conservation project for the ancient temples at Jebel Barkal. Co-directed by Tohamy Abulgasim Khalifa (University of Khartoum) and Rebecca Bradshaw (United Arab Emirates University), the aims of this part of the project are to: Create and delivering engagement strategies to foster

My name is Saskia Büchner and I run the “Finds Office” on the Jebel Barkal Project. I wanted to share some of the amazing objects we have found this season! But be warned, we are working in an area of ancient settlement, which means that many of our finds are broken potsherds and most of

We have just finished our second week of excavation at Jebel Barkal for 2022. It continues to be very cool (lows in the 40s F) and often windy, which sometimes makes cleaning off the ancient walls a particularly dusty job. We are working in two different areas of the mound. One is a big mass

The team has arrived at Jebel Barkal and we have begun excavation! Conditions in Sudan are unsettled, particularly in Khartoum, but life in northern Sudan in the area of Karima, where we are working, seems to be going on as usual, although it has been unusually cold. Our excavation this season will continue to focus

The Jebel Barkal project is moving ahead with plans to go to Sudan for a field season in January and February! In such uncertain times it feels like a victory to have a plan even if we know the project may not go exactly as we expect. At Jebel Barkal itself, we have two main