Nubian Gazetteer: KML file download

Nubian Gazetteer: KML file download

Salvoldi, Daniele; Geus, Klaus: A Historical Comparative Gazetteer for Nubia. In: Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies 4 (Summer 2017), 59–182 [ISBN-13: 978-1-947447-20-2; free pdf in open access under https://punctumbooks.com/titles/dotawo-a-journal-of-nubian-studies-4/]. With sixteen colour maps.
  
Here is the basic .kml file for download. Please share and let's make it standard!

[Best to download the file and upload it using Google Earth; for reasons I do not know, if you click on the link and use the Google map automatically generated you won't be able to see the labels with the toponyms] 

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Papiers et dessins du voyageur et égyptologue Nestor
L’Hôte (1804–1842), IX. Dessins et plans, 6–18.

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SFDAS: Specialized publications on line

Section Française de la direction des antiquités du Soudan: Specialized publications on line

Founded in 1967 at the initiative of Jean Vercoutter, the SFDAS was officially created in 1969. It was successively run by André Vila (1969-1975), Francis Geus (1975-1984), Jacques Reinold (1984-2000), Francis Geus (2000-2004), Vincent Rondot (2005-2009), Claude Rilly (2009-2014) and, since September 2014, by Vincent Francigny. In charge of cooperating with the Sudanese Department of Antiquities in its field activities (excavations and prospection), the SFDAS took part in the last rescue operations of the Nubian campaign which preceded the water impoundment in the Aswan dam reservoir. It then pursued the systematic inventory of the sites of the Nile Valley south of the lake. It has also conducted several planned excavations, namely on the sites of Missiminia (Napatan, Meroitic, X-group and Christian necropolis), Kadada (Neolithic, Meroitic and post-Meroitic necropolis), Kadruka (Neolithic funeral mound) and El-Hobagi (post-Meroitic burial mound).

SNR Sudan Notes and Records The Sudan Notes and Records are now available online. To learn more

L’écriture méroïtique

L’écriture méroïtique

Synthesis of the principles of Meroitic writing and its appearance. Click on the PDF attached to access to work.

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The quest for water and the diffusion of Northern East Sudanic languages from the fourth to the first millenia BCE

From the Yellow Nile to the Blue Nile.

This lecture was delivered in ECAS 2009 (3rd European Conference on African Studies, Panel 142: African waters - water in Africa, barriers, paths, and resources: their impact on language, literature and history of people) in Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009.

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Royal Cemeteries of Kush

RCK

The five volumes of the Royal Cemeteries of Kush are now available online. Please click on the following files to download.

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Meroitic Newsletters

MNL

The Meroitic Newsletters are now available online. Please click on the associated PDF files to download.

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Archaeological Survey of Nubia

ASN

The six volumes of the Archaeological Survey of Nubia are now available online.

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Dotawo 3

Dotawo 3

The third volume of Dotawo, guest-edited by Marc Maillot, is dedicated to Know-Hows and Techniques in Ancient Sudan. This collection of articles is the result of a workshop held at Lille University on September 5 and 6, 2013, which brought together several Sudanese archaeology scholars, from architecture to iron production through pottery and textile industry.

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Fouilles d’Oxford en Nubie

Fouilles d'Oxford en Nubie

L’Université Oxford a organisé une série d’expéditions au sud de l’Égypte et du Soudan à partir de 1910, dirigée et financée en grande partie par Francis Lewellyn Griffith, le premier professeur d’égyptologie à Oxford. Les travaux ont été effectués entre 1910 et 1913, puis de 1929 à 1931 dans des sites tels que Faras, Kawa et Sanam. Après la mort de Griffith en 1934, Sir Laurence Kirwan dirige les fouilles d’Oxford à Firka (1934-1935) et à Kawa (1935-1936).

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Ballana/Qustul

Ballana/Qustul

Ballana was a cemetery in Lower Nubia. It was excavated by Walter Bryan Emery between 1928 and 1931 as a rescue project before the construction of the high dam at Aswan. A total of 122 tombs were found under huge artificial mounds. They date to the time after the collapse of the Meroitic state but before the founding of the Christian Nubian kingdoms, around AD 350 to 600. They usually featured one or several underground chambers, with one main burial chamber. Some tombs were found unlooted, but even the robbed burials still proved to contain many burial goods.

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Karanog

Karanog

In Sudanese Nubia, L. Woolley and D. R. MacIver were the first to undertake an excavation program of a Meroitic city and its associated cemetery at the site of Karanog. This excavation of the University of Pennsylvania in 1909 documented the Meroitic architecture in a still unstudied area and describes an archaeological material that differs from the sites of the Butana region.

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Buhen

Buhen

Buhen was an ancient Egyptian settlement situated on the West bank of the Nile below the Second Cataract. On the East bank, across the river, was located an ancient settlement of Wadi Halfa. Buhen is known for its large fortress, probably constructed during the rule of Senusret III in around 1860 BC (12th dynasty). Senusret III conducted four campaigns into Kush and established a line of forts within signalling distance of one another; Buhen was the northernmost of these. The other forts along the banks were Mirgissa, Shalfak, Uronarti, Askut, Dabenarti, Semna, and Kumma. The fortress at Buhen is now submerged under Lake Nasser as a result of the construction of the Aswan Dam in 1964.

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Excavations at Kerma

Excavations at Kerma

Harvard African studies
George Andrew Reisner
Egyptian Expedition of Harvard University and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Peabody Museum of Harvard University, 1923

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Aniba

Aniba

Steindorff G. Aniba. Vols. I-III, J.J. Augustin, Glückstadt-Hamburg, 1935, 253 pages, 98 plates. First Edition.

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'KUSH XIX'

Journal of the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums

Soleb & Sedeinga

SFDAS is pleased to propose this new online booklet on the Soleb and Sedeinga sites.

Steindorff, Georg, Robert Heidenreich, and D. Marcks. Aniba. [Le Caire]: Service des antiquités de l'Égypte, 1935-1937.

Steindorff, Georg, Robert Heidenreich, and D. Marcks. Aniba. [Le Caire]: Service des antiquités de l'Égypte, 1935-1937.

Aniba is located in Nubia, about 230 kms south of Aswan. Currently under the waters of Lake Nasser, the site was an important city strategically located in one of the most fertile regions of Lower Nubia during Antiquity.
The oldest remains in Aniba date from about 3000 BC and belong to the culture of the A Group. In the Middle Kingdom, a fortress was built near a small town. At the beginning of the New Kingdom, the city was extended and occupied an area of about 200 x 400 m, surrounded by an enclosure wall. In the town proper, a temple is erected, dedicated to the Horus of Miam. Huge cemeteries surrounded the city, and some of their tombs were built in a purely Egyptian style. One of them belonged to the viceroy of Kush, Panehesy.
Steindorff G. Aniba. Flights. I-III, J.J. Augustin, Glückstadt-Hamburg, 1935, 253 pages, 98 plates, First Edition.

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Open Access Journal: British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES)

[First posted in AWOL 8 October 2009. Updated 29 September 2017]

British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES)

ISSN: 2049-5021 (on-line)

The British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal dedicated to presenting research on all aspects of ancient Egypt and Sudan and the representation of these cultures in modern times.

BMSAES is open-access: all articles in this journal can be viewed and downloaded free-of-charge.

This journal offers scholars the opportunity to include a large number of colour images, and other multimedia content, where appropriate to the article. Accepted papers will be published as soon as possible: there is no defined publication schedule or deadlines, as with print journals. The articles do not need to concern British Museum objects or projects.

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For more open access publications of the British Museum, see here.

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Open Access Journal: Sudan & Nubia: The Sudan Archaeological Research Society Bulletin

[First posted in AWOL 9 November 2012, updated 31 August 2017]

Sudan & Nubia: The Sudan Archaeological Research Society Bulletin
ISSN: 1369-5770

Sudan & Nubia is published each autumn. It contains much of interest on recent archaeological fieldwork in Sudan, including many articles on surveys and excavations only undertaken during the previous winter.

The bulletin is an ideal way to keep abreast of current British activities in Sudan, and also contains contributions by eminent foreign scholars. It is profusely illustrated with line drawings and monochrome and colour photographs.

Sudan & Nubia is free of charge to Society members, who receive it a year in advance of online release … JOIN THE SOCIETY >

Individual articles can be read (free) through the online reading service ISSUU by following the links below. If a download is preferred, sign up to ISSUU, which will then provide download links (free).

Most recent available issue online:

Sudan & Nubia : No. 18
Bulletin of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society, London, 2014 180 pages READ ARTICLES ONLINE … issuu.com >

ARTICLES
— Anderson, J.R., Mahmoud Suliman Bashir and Salah Mohamed Ahmed. Dangeil 2013-14: porches, ovens and a glimpse underground … read now >
— Bangsgaard, P. Animal Deposits at H29, a Kerma Ancient cemetery in the Northern Dongola Reach … read now >
— Davies, M. Archaeology in South Sudan past and present: Gordon’s fort at Laboré and other sites of interest … read now >
— Davies, V.W. From Halfa to Kareima: F. W. Green in Sudan … read now >
— Davies, W.V., Ruffieux, P. and Mahmoud Suliman Bashir. The Korosko Road Project … read now >
— Haddon, S.D. and Nicholas, M..The 2014 season of excavations at Kurgus … read now >
— Humphris, J. Post-Meroitic Iron Production: initial results and interpretations … read now >
— Kleintz, C. The graffiti of Musawwarat es-Sufra: current research on historic inscriptions, images and markings at the Great Enclosure … read now >
— Mahmoud Suliman Bashir. QSAP Dam-Debba Archaeological Survey Project (DDASP). Preliminary report on the NCAM mission’s first season, 2013-2014 … read now >
— Murtada Bushara Mohamed, Gamal Gaffar Abbass Elhassan, Mohammed Fath Elrahman Ahmed and Alrashed Mohammed Ibrahem Ahmed. Kerma in Napata: a new discovery of Kerma graves in the Napatan region (Magashi village) … read now >
— Onderka, P. Wad ben Naga: a history of the site … read now >
— Pieri, A. The Kushite cemetery of Dangeil (WTC): preliminary analyses of the human remains … read now >
— Sjöström, I.W. Kurgus 2012: report on the survey … read now >
— Welsby, D.A. and R.I. Thomas. The Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project in the Northern Dongala Reach … read now >
— P. Wolf, U. Nowotnick and F. Wöß. Meroitic Hamadab – a century after its discovery … read now >

See issues 1-18 (full text) and 19-20 (TOC only)

And see also:

The Society’s Newsletter

Newsletters 1991-1996 

Between 1991 and 1996, the Society published eleven issues of a biannual newsletter, reporting on surveys and excavations, plus general information on Society activities. The newsletter has been replaced by the Society’s annual bulletin, Sudan & Nubia … see Bulletin: Sudan & Nubia

Each newsletter can be read (free) through the online reading service ISSUU by following the links below. If a download is preferred, sign up to ISSUU, which will then provide download links (free).

And see also AWOL's roundup: Open Access Ancient Nubia and Sudan 

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La Prospection archéologique de la vallée du Nil au Sud de la cataracte de Dal (Nubie soudanaise)

La Prospection archéologique de la vallée du Nil au Sud de la cataracte de Dal (Nubie soudanaise)
André Vila
Paris : Centre national de la recherche scientifique

In 1969, a cultural agreement was concluded between the French and Sudanese Governments. On the basis of a protocol included in that agreement, a French Archaeological Research Unit, the SFDAS (Section Française de la Direction des Antiquités du Soudan) was established in the Sudan Antiquities Service to carry out archaeological research in Sudan in collaboration with the NCAM (National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums). This partnership immediately focused on the main priority at the time, namely to perform a survey in the Northern Province of the country, as it was the most endangered area after the building of the Aswan High Dam. With these 15 volumes, ten years of research (1975-1985) published by SFDAS in Sudan are made available to a broader audience, in open-access PDFs.

Volume 1/Introduction : PDF - 19.4 Mo 

Volume 2/Dal et Sarkamatto : PDF - 49.6 Mo 

Volume 3/Ferka : PDF - 35.2 Mo

Volume 4/Mograkka et Kosha : PDF - 54.7 Mo 

Volume 5/Ginis : PDF - 55.4 Mo 

Volume 6/Attab : PDF - 37.9 Mo

Volume 7/Amara Ouest : PDF - 47.3 Mo 

Volume 8/ Amara Est : PDF - 46.9 Mo 

Volume 9/ Arnyatta, Abri et Tabaj : PDF - 49.3 Mo

Volume 10/Koyekka, Morka, Hamid et Nilwatti : PDF - 39.4 Mo 

Volume 11/ Résumés et conclusions + Appendices : PDF - 32.4 Mo 

Volume 12/ Missiminia : sépultures napatéennes : PDF - 40.5 Mo

Volume 13/ Missiminia : sépultures méroïtiques : PDF - 46.2 Mo 

Volume 14/ Missiminia : sépultures ballanéennes et chrétiennes : PDF - 54.8 Mo 

Volume 15/ Missiminia : Anthropologie et Phasage : PDF - 46.9 Mo