As 2025 draws to a close, we’ve taken time to reflect on a year of remarkable achievements, inspiring collaborations, and meaningful progress for the Jebel Barkal Archaeological Project. Despite challenges on the ground in Sudan, our team has been by far the most active international project in Sudan during the conflict, in terms of providing […]
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As regular readers know, JBAP is committed to site conservation. And our co-directors of conservation, Elmontaser Dafalla and Suzanne Davis, are actively promoting awareness about conservation at Jebel Barkal, despite not being on site in Sudan. Recently, Suzanne presented a paper about their work at the American Institute for Conservation conference. Co-authored with Sami Elamin
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We’re really pleased to alert JBAP website subscribers to a new paper of ours that’s just been published by Routledge! Titled “Community-Engaged Archaeology at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Jebel Barkal, Sudan“, the paper is the result of a writing collaboration between JBAP team members Rebecca Bradshaw, Tohamy Abulgasim, Suzanne Davis, Elmontaser Dafalla, Sami
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A quick note to alert JBAP website subscribers to newly published research produced by our busy team! In the latest issue of the Sudan & Nubia journal, we present the results of *five years* of investigation, excavation and conservation at Jebel Barkal. Key findings from our 2018-23 seasons include: · The existence of dense urban architecture all
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Greetings from the Barkal conservation team! This year, we have been excited to start hands-on conservation work in B700, a temple dedicated to Osiris-Dedwen, a Nubian form of the Egyptian god of the underworld. The inner parts of the temple—the sanctuary and adjoining courtyard—were constructed by the Napatan king Atlanersa (ca. 653–640 BCE), while
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