Egypt
BN Village (Prof. Manu Ampim)
Two-part posting which shows exerpts from a report which is available for purchase.
- The Merowe Dam On The Nile
Egittologia (Amelia Carolina Sparavigna) This article is written in rather broken English (though much, much better than my Italian!) but is well worth persevering with because it makes some very important points about the way in which dam-formed lakes...
- Ancient Egypt Had Powerful Sudan Rival, British Museum Dig Shows
The Telegraph, UK (Stephen Adams) The Second Kushite Kingdom controlled the whole Nile valley from Khartoum to the Mediterranean from 720BC to 660BC. Now archaeologists have discovered that a region of northern Sudan once considered a forgotten backwater...
- New Gold Processing Centre On Middle Nile
Archaeologists Discover Gold Processing Center On The Nile Archaeologists from the University of Chicago have discovered a gold processing center along the middle Nile, an installation that produced the precious metal sometime between 2000 and 1500 B.C....
- Important Rescue Archaeology In The Sudan
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20843"Sudan’s archaeology is finally stepping out of Egypt’s shadow as teams work against the clock to rescue an entire swathe of Nile Valley heritage from the rising waters of a Chinese-built dam. 'The...
- Flooding Nubia - Again
http://tinyurl.com/c3plm (The Telegraph) An article highlighting the potential loss of irreplaceable archaeological riches in the Sudan: "In a highly controversial move, the Sudanese government is planning to flood a vast stretch of the southern Nile...
Egypt
The case of the Merowe Dam in Sudan
BN Village (Prof. Manu Ampim)
Two-part posting which shows exerpts from a report which is available for purchase.
In August 2007, I visited the Sudan for two weeks to conduct field research near the Merowe Dam area in the country’s northern region. My mission was a mini-research survey to record and document the archaeological sites and villages that will be flooded when the dam is completed in the upcoming months. The Merowe Dam is being constructed near the Fourth Cataract and, once completed in 2008, will inundate one of the most significant archaeological regions in the world. This area was an extension of one of the important political centers of the powerful ancient African civilization of Kush, and it was part of an extensive trading network and centralized kingship 4,500 years ago. My other goal of this Sudanese tour was to visit the major temple and pyramid sites, from the capital area of Khartoum down to the northern region of Merowe.
- The Merowe Dam On The Nile
Egittologia (Amelia Carolina Sparavigna) This article is written in rather broken English (though much, much better than my Italian!) but is well worth persevering with because it makes some very important points about the way in which dam-formed lakes...
- Ancient Egypt Had Powerful Sudan Rival, British Museum Dig Shows
The Telegraph, UK (Stephen Adams) The Second Kushite Kingdom controlled the whole Nile valley from Khartoum to the Mediterranean from 720BC to 660BC. Now archaeologists have discovered that a region of northern Sudan once considered a forgotten backwater...
- New Gold Processing Centre On Middle Nile
Archaeologists Discover Gold Processing Center On The Nile Archaeologists from the University of Chicago have discovered a gold processing center along the middle Nile, an installation that produced the precious metal sometime between 2000 and 1500 B.C....
- Important Rescue Archaeology In The Sudan
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article20843"Sudan’s archaeology is finally stepping out of Egypt’s shadow as teams work against the clock to rescue an entire swathe of Nile Valley heritage from the rising waters of a Chinese-built dam. 'The...
- Flooding Nubia - Again
http://tinyurl.com/c3plm (The Telegraph) An article highlighting the potential loss of irreplaceable archaeological riches in the Sudan: "In a highly controversial move, the Sudanese government is planning to flood a vast stretch of the southern Nile...