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oapen-20.500.12657-497522021-07-06T13:51:52Z Early Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery (3-vol. set) El-Tayeb, Mahmoud Czyżewska-Zalewska, Ewa Iwaszczuk, Urszula Juchniewicz, Jolanta Kowarska, Zofia Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin, Iwona Lenarczyk, Szymon Mahler, Robert Skowrońska-Zych, Ewa Cedro, Aneta Then-Obłuska, Joanna Zieliński, Łukasz Archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology The three-volume publication of the results of archaeological excavations at the UNESCO heritage site of El-Zuma in Sudan, investigated by PCMA University of Warsaw and the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums in Khartoum, presents an Early Makurian elite tumuli cemetery from the 5th–6th centuries AD. This period in ancient Nubian history, preceding the rise of the Christian kingdoms, has long been understudied. Informed analyses by an array of specialists on the team cover the archaeological and bioarchaeological evidence from the tombs (Volume 1) as well as the abundant ceramics (Volume 2) and small finds, especially jewellery, weaponry and personal accessories (Volume 3). The outcome is a people-oriented view of an elite community in ancient Nubia at the dawn of a new age in its history. Readership: Researchers and students studying post-Meroitic/Early Makurian themes from ancient Nubia; scholars of funerary traditions from this period in ancient Nubia. 2021-07-06T13:01:36Z 2021-07-06T13:01:36Z 2021 book ONIX_20210706_9789004433748_4 9789004433748 9789004433755 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49752 eng Harvard Egyptological Studies application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789004433755.pdf https://brill.com/abstract/title/55867 Brill 10.1163/9789004433755 10.1163/9789004433755 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 9789004433748 9789004433755 13 936 open access
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The three-volume publication of the results of archaeological excavations at the UNESCO heritage site of El-Zuma in Sudan, investigated by PCMA University of Warsaw and the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums in Khartoum, presents an Early Makurian elite tumuli cemetery from the 5th–6th centuries AD. This period in ancient Nubian history, preceding the rise of the Christian kingdoms, has long been understudied. Informed analyses by an array of specialists on the team cover the archaeological and bioarchaeological evidence from the tombs (Volume 1) as well as the abundant ceramics (Volume 2) and small finds, especially jewellery, weaponry and personal accessories (Volume 3). The outcome is a people-oriented view of an elite community in ancient Nubia at the dawn of a new age in its history. Readership: Researchers and students studying post-Meroitic/Early Makurian themes from ancient Nubia; scholars of funerary traditions from this period in ancient Nubia.
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