• A conundrum: what are these enigmatic golden cylinders from Nubia?
• Dating the dead: chronology and context at Saqqara’s Sacred Animal Necropolis
• Cooking recipes and drink preparation in ancient Egypt
• Current research in Egyptology: burial practices, Kamal and Erman, and black coffins
• Rediscovering Egypt: diving deeper into the Harrogate Collection in Swansea
• Lapis Lazuli: precious stone from Afghanistan
• The Temple of Hibis at Kharga Oasis
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare example of a religious tattoo in a burial near the medieval monastic site of Ghazali, in northern Sudan. The tattooed individual, whose skin was unusually well preserved, was discovered in 2016 during excavations of the…
Archaeologists working at Old Dongola in Sudan have stumbled across a set of unusual 13th-century Christian wall paintings.
The European Research Council has awarded an ERC Consolidator grant of nearly $2 million to Dr Artur Obłuski, director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW), for a project exploring the site of Tungul (or…
In the latest season of fieldwork this year, a team led by Artur Obłuski, director of the PCMA UW, cleaned the dome of a large tomb and the wall of the church’s apse, revealing paintings with two rows of monumental figures, possibly apostles.
The sands of ancient Nubia, a region over-lapping southern Egypt and northern Sudan, are home to remains of cities, forts, and numerous pyramids. It was to these archaeologically rich sands that the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition headed…