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QSAP: Dangeil 2018-19. Conservation challenges and an ever-expanding sacred landscape
Recent excavations and conservation conducted in the late Kushite temple complex at Dangeil over the course of the Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project (2013-2019) have revealed many surprises and provided much information about this ancient edifice. Of note, work in the Amun temple’s peristyle court exposed the processional way through the building...Anderson, Julie ; Guiducci, Francesca ; Hajduga, Roksana ; Bashir, Mahmoud Suliman ; elRasheed , Rihab Khidir
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The Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project – Drones and Doors. Dangeil 2017−18
Recent excavations and conservation initiatives at Dangeil focused on several areas within the sacred enclosure of the late Kushite, 1st century AD Amun temple including the southern half of the temple’s monumental pylon entrance, the south-east side of the peristyle hall, and the northern half of the first hall. Work...Anderson, Julie ; elRasheed, Rihab Khidir ; Bashir , Mahmoud Suliman
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QSAP Dangeil 2016: Aspelta, Beloved of Re’-Harakhty and Tombs in the Temple
Excavations are being conducted within the temenos enclosure of a 1st century AD Amun temple at Dangeil, River Nile State, as the Berber-Abidiya Archaeological Mission is focusing upon the sacred landscape of the late Kushite period in this region. Recently two field seasons were conducted, one in autumn 2016 and...Anderson, Julie ; elRasheed , Rihab Khidir ; Bashir , Mahmoud Suliman
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The Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project at Dangeil. Satyrs, rulers, archers and pyramids: a miscellany from Dangeil 2014−15
Two seasons of work were undertaken at Dangeil recently, one in autumn 2014 and the other in March 2015, with some rather unanticipated finds.Work was conducted in three areas: the Amun temple site, Cemeteries WTC and FRC, and Dangeil NE, the latter being situated approximately 300m to the north east...Anderson, Julie ; Bashir , Mahmoud Suliman ; elRasheed, Rihab Khidir
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Dangeil 2013−14: porches, ovens and a glimpse underground
Excavations at Dangeil, Nile State, between October and December 2013 focused upon features within the temenos enclosure of the 1st century AD Amun temple and upon the nearby cemetery WTC. In addition, the preparation of a site management and presentation plan for the temple site was initiated (Plates 1 and...Anderson, Julie ; Bashir, Mahmoud Suliman ; Ahmed , Salah Mohammed
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Dangeil: excavations on Kom K, 2014−15
An account of the excavations on Kom K at Dangeil, Sudan, in 2014−15Maillot, Sébastien
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The Kushite cemetery of Dangeil (WTC): preliminary analyses of the human remains
A preliminary analysis of the human remains at the Kushite cemetery of Dangeil.Pieri, Anna
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‘A bastion of colonialism’: public perceptions of the British Museum and its relationship to empire
This article uses visitor research to explore public attitudes to the British Museum and perceptions of its relationship to the history of the British Empire. Firstly, it provides an analysis of direct messages received by the Museum over a twelve month period via letters, emails and comments on social media...Frost, Stuart
British Museum; colonialism; imperialism; exhibitions; visitor research
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The mystery of Naukratis: revealing Egypt’s international gateway
An article on the lost port of Naukratis, once Egypt’s great international gateway. Despite pioneering late 19th-century archaeological research at the site, Naukratis has since languished in the shadows. Who really lived there, how did the port work, and what salacious secrets were hidden away by the Victorians? Its mysteries...Villing, Alexandra ; Thomas, R.I.
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Making pottery in the Nile Delta: ceramic provenance and technology at Naukratis, 6th–3rd centuries BC
The interdisciplinary study of Egyptian- and Greek-style pottery found in the Nile Delta aims to test and expand the potential of different scientific methods to identify regional variation and cultural traditions in ceramic fabrics from a relatively uniform geological setting. Neutron activation analysis (NAA), polarised light microscopy and SEM-EDX analyses...Spataro, Michela ; Mommsen, Hans ; Villing, Alexandra
SEM-EDX, Polarised microscopy, NAA, Egyptian pottery, and chaîne opératoire