This digitised photo negative from Garstang’s 1910 excavations of Meroë, shows a basalt statue. The statue was found in the Lion Temple and it depicts a ‘Royal Figure’.

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4,000-year-old burials in Sudan reveal world's oldest known evidence of head straps 4,000-year-old burials in Sudan reveal world's oldest known evidence of head straps

Our paper in Journal of Anthropological Archaeology got featured in @livescience.com !
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Tumplines, baskets, and heavy burden? Interdisciplinary approach to load carrying in Bronze Age Abu Fatima, Sudan This paper investigates different body techniques for carrying heavy loads by individuals buried at Abu Fatima, a Nubian Bronze Age cemetery in Sudan.…

🌍 What do the bones of the people buried at Abu Fatima, a Bronze Age Nubian cemetery (2500–1500 BCE), reveal about learned body techniques and social roles in Kerma society?
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Stelae inscribed with Meroitic script (from modern day Sudan). Meroitic sadly undeciphered. Names of Queen Amanirenas & Prince Akinidad are recognisable, likely dating it to 1stC BCE. Meroe usually ruled by reigning queen. On display British Museum #womenwhoruledtheworld #ancientsudan

I will be talking about violent queens in ancient Egypt and Sudan at the @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social on 29th January 2025! See you there! #gender #egyptology #ancientegypt #ancientsudan