Egypt
- Upcoming Publication: Buhen Old Kingdom Town
The EES Publishing Blog (Patricia Spencer) On 30 December 1961 an EES expedition led by Professor Bryan Emery returned to Buhen in the Sudan, as part of the UK contribution to the UNESCO campaign to save the monuments of Nubia. In two short seasons...
- Mummies Tell History Of A ‘modern’ Plague
Past Horizons With photos and illustrations. Mummies from along the Nile are revealing how age-old irrigation techniques may have boosted the plague of schistosomiasis, a water-borne parasitic disease that infects an estimated 200 million people today....
- Medicinal Beer In Nubia
Santa Cruz Sentinel I need a beer. It's a phrase uttered by many contemporary workers after a long day at the office, but new research shows that ancient cultures were probably using the alcoholic beverage to treat much more than the stress of everyday...
- New Light On Ancient Egyptian Colonialism
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-05/uocp-ats051706.php An article in Current Anthropology about the Nubian site Tombos sheds new light on the nature of the relationship between pharaonic Egypt and its Nubian colony: "In approximately 1550 B.C.,...
- The Cash Register In The Desert
"Even though we had allowed people to take pictures in the Valley, people continued to bribe the guards and take cameras into the tombs and use flash." ...
Egypt
Nubian skeletons reveal secrets of ancient times
The State News (Caleb Hordgren)
Nubia was a kingdom just south of Egypt, and in medieval times, it was very influential in trade from the Mediterranean to sub-Saharan Africa because it controlled a large portion of the Nile, said Carolyn Hurst, a graduate student who manages Fenton’s lab. However, she said that’s about the extent of modern knowledge about Nubia.
“We don’t know a whole lot about (Nubia),” Hurst said. “Their language hasn’t been cracked, so we’re basically laying the foundation of Nubian history.”
Fenton said the team is trying to understand how Nubians lived their lives, including examining bones for health and disease.
Anthropology and history senior Paige Wojcik, a team member, said the group mostly has been working on collecting data to contribute to the British Museum’s database, such as the age of each skeleton and whether it is a complete skeleton.
- Upcoming Publication: Buhen Old Kingdom Town
The EES Publishing Blog (Patricia Spencer) On 30 December 1961 an EES expedition led by Professor Bryan Emery returned to Buhen in the Sudan, as part of the UK contribution to the UNESCO campaign to save the monuments of Nubia. In two short seasons...
- Mummies Tell History Of A ‘modern’ Plague
Past Horizons With photos and illustrations. Mummies from along the Nile are revealing how age-old irrigation techniques may have boosted the plague of schistosomiasis, a water-borne parasitic disease that infects an estimated 200 million people today....
- Medicinal Beer In Nubia
Santa Cruz Sentinel I need a beer. It's a phrase uttered by many contemporary workers after a long day at the office, but new research shows that ancient cultures were probably using the alcoholic beverage to treat much more than the stress of everyday...
- New Light On Ancient Egyptian Colonialism
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-05/uocp-ats051706.php An article in Current Anthropology about the Nubian site Tombos sheds new light on the nature of the relationship between pharaonic Egypt and its Nubian colony: "In approximately 1550 B.C.,...
- The Cash Register In The Desert
"Even though we had allowed people to take pictures in the Valley, people continued to bribe the guards and take cameras into the tombs and use flash." ...