Open Access Ancient Nubia and Sudan

On the occasion of the 12th International Conference for Nubian Studies, The British Museum, 1 - 6 August 2010, I took the opportunity to gather links to open access materials relating to ancient Nubia and the Sudan. I have updated the list several times since then, most recently on 2 October 2013. I trust readers will use the comment function to point out errors and lacunae.

Mailing Lists

Sudan Dams Crisis

The last dam built on the Nile, at the Fourth Cataract, was completed in 2008, displacing more than 60,000 people and flooding 170 kilometers of the river valley and adjacent land. The entire non-desert habitat was lost along with a human heritage that included vast numbers of archaeological sites. This followed on the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960's that displaced 150,000, with even greater damage to the environment and heritage.

Now, eight or more dams are planned and two are under contract, at Kajbar at the Third Cataract and Shereik at the Fifth. The region of Mahas in the Third Cataract is especially populated, with a long and rich history is now directly threatened with destruction. The area upstream of Shereik is less populated, but very poorly known. It is a crisis that will be discussed at a brief conference at the British Museum on May 15, 2012. This forum is intended to disseminate news and ideas about the dams crises in Sudan and Egypt, past and present, to help develop means to mitigate and possibly even avert some of the worst consequences.

Egyptologists' Electronic Forum (EEF)

The Egyptologists' Electronic Forum (EEF) is a membership-wide e-mail list for conferencing on the culture and civilization of ancient Egypt c. 5000 BCE - 641 CE. The EEF serves as a nexus for dialog between academics working in Egyptology and other persons interested in ancient Egypt. 

 

Open Access Journals/Serials

• Archaeological Survey of Nubia, Bulletin
• Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (MittSAG)
• ARKAMANI Sudan Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology: An Arabic/English Review on Archaeological and Anthropological Research in the Sudan [Now linking to the most recent archived version at the Internet Archive]
• British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES)
• Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [Egypt and Nubia articles only] 
• Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies
• Fontes historiae Nubiorum : textual sources for the history of the Middle Nile Region between the eighth century BC and the sixth century AD / 3 From the first to the sixth century AD.
• Internet-Beitraege zur Aegyptologie und Sudanarchaeologie (IBAES) 
• Kush: Journal of the Sudan Antiquities Service
• The Meroitic Newsletter - A Digital Compilation. Version 1.0 (Issues 1-30)  
• Nubian Letters
• Sudan & Nubia: The Sudan Archaeological Research Society Bulletin
• Sudan notes and records [From the University of Michigan Digital General Collection]
  Sudan notes and records [From the University of Khartoum E - Journals]
   

Oriental Institute publications relating to Nubia and the Sudan

OIMP 24. Lost Nubia: A Centennial Exhibit of Photographs from the 1905-1907 Egyptian Expedition of the University of Chicago. John A. Larson. 2006.

Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition (OINE) | List of volumes in print

• OINE 10. Excavations at Serra East, Parts 1-5: A-Group, C-Group, Pan Grave, New Kingdom, and X-Group Remains from Cemeteries A-G and Rock Shelters. By B. B. Williams. Originally published in 1993.
• OINE 9. Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 9: Noubadian X-Group Remains from Royal Complexes in Cemeteries Q and 219 and Private Cemeteries Q, R, V, W, B, J, and M at Qustul and Ballana. By B. B. Williams. Originally published in 1991.
• OINE 8. Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 8: Meroitic Remains from Qustul Cemetery Q, Ballana Cemetery B, and a Ballana Settlement. By B. B. Williams, et. al. Originally published in 1991.
• OINE 7. Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 7: Twenty-Fifth Dynasty and Napatan Remains at Qustul Cemeteries W and V. By B. B. Williams. Originally published in 1990.
• OINE 6. Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 6: New Kingdom Remains from Cemeteries R, V, S, and W at Qustul and Cemetery K at Adindan. Bruce B. Williams. 1992.
• OINE 5. Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 5: C-Group, Pan Grave, and Kerma Remains at Adindan Cemeteries T, K, U, and J. By B. B. Williams. Originally published in 1983.
• OINE 4. Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Parts 2, 3, and 4: Neolithic, A-Group, and Post A-Group Remains from Cemeteries W, V, S, Q, T, and a Cave East of Cemetery K. By B. B. Williams. Originally published in 1989.
• OINE 3. Excavations Between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 1: The A-Group Royal Cemetery at Qustul, Cemetery L. By B. B. Williams. Originally published in 1986.
• OINE 2. Ausgrabungen von Khor-Dehmit bis Bet El-Wali. H. Ricke. Originally published in 1967.
• OINE 1. The Beit el-Wali Temple of Ramesses II. By Herbert Ricke, George R. Hughes, and Edward F. Wente. Originally published in 1967.

 OIP 17. Paleolithic Man and the Nile-Faiyum Divide in Nubia and Upper Egypt: A Study of the Region during Pliocene and Pleistocene Times. By K. S. Sandford and W. J. Arkell. Originally published in 1933.

Ancient Textiles from Nubia: Meroitic, X-Group, and Christian Fabrics from Ballana and Qustul. By Christa C. Mayer Thurman and Bruce Williams. Originally published in 1979.

The 1905–1907 Breasted Expeditions to Egypt and The Sudan. 1975.

The Nubia Salvage Project. NUBIA - "Its glory and its people": 1987 Exhibition Brochure

The Nubia Salvage Project. Reports of The Nubia Salvage Project

The Nubia Salvage Project. VANISHED KINGDOMS OF THE NILE: The Rediscovery of Ancient Nubia: 1992 Exhibition Brochure

 

Websites of Organizations and Projects

ACACIA - Arid Climate Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa

Ägypten-Forum

Archéologie du Nil Moyen (journal)

Archéo-Nil

Al Khandaq Project

The Dongola Reach Expedition
Durham University Library Special Collections Catalogue: The Sudan Archive

Gebel Barkal, Nubia [Three-dimensional model]

The Hamadab Expedition

Humbolt University Nubian Expedition

International Rivers: People, Water, Life

International Society for Nubian Studies

Kerma Mission archéologique suisse au Soudan

Leicester Research Archive: Mahas Survey Project

Medieval Sai Project The Greek Norwegian Archaeological Mission to Sudan

Mahas Survey Project

El-Meragh
Meroe Archival Project
The Musawwarat Graffiti Archive

Naga, Stadt in der Steppe

The Nubia Museum
Nubische Altertümer im Netz 

Preserve the Middle Nile: The Internet Space for the Preservation of the Middle Nile Valley

Rescue Nubia, the Land of Civilizations

El Salha Project 

Stop the Dams in Sudan Petition
The Sudan Archaeological Research Society

Sudanarchäologische Gesellschaft zu Berlin

Sudan Studies Association

Zamani project: Musawwarat es-Sufra 

The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project (MDASP) articles served online by the International Society of Nubian Studies

MDASP Articles

Published in 2007

Ginns, A.'Preliminary report on the second season of excavations conducted on Mis Island (AKSC) Sudan & Nubia, vol. 11 (2007), p. 20-25.

Kleinitz, C. Rock art and archaeology: The Hadiab survey, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 11 (2007), p. 34-42.

Welsby, D.A. The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. Survey and excavations in the vicinity of ed-Doma (AKSE) and et-Tereif (AKSCW), 2006-2007, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 11 (2007), p. 15-19.

Wolf, P. and U. Nowotnick. The Fourth Season of the SARS Anglo-German Expedition to the Fourth Nile Cataract, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 11 (2007), p. 26-33.

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Published in 2006

Ginns, A. Preliminary report on the excavations conducted on Mis Island (AKSC), 2005-2006, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 10 (2006), p. 13-19.

Kleinitz, C. and R. Koenitz. Fourth Cataract petroglyphs in context: the ed-Doma and Dirki rock-art survey, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 10 (2006), p. 34-42.

Welsby, D.A. The Merowe Dam Archaeological Survey. Excavations in the vicinity of ed-Doma (AKSE), 2005-2006, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 10 (2006), p. 8-12.

Wolf, P. and U. Nowotnick. The Third Season of the SARS Anglo-German Expedition to the Fourth Cataract of the Nile, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 10 (2006), p. 20-33.

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Published in 2005

Carpio, G. and S. Guillen. Excavations at Site 3-J-23, et-Tereif, Sudan, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 9 (2005), p.14-15.

Kleinitz, C. and C. Olsson. Christian period rock art landscapes in the Fourth Cataract Region: the Dar el-Arab and et-Tereif rock art surveys, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 9 (2005), p. 31-38.

Payne, J. Excavations of the late Kushite and Medieval settlement on Umm Muri,Sudan & Nubia, vol. 9 (2005), p. 9-13.

Welsby, D.A. The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project survey in the vicinity of ed-Doma (AKSE), 2004-2005, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 9 (2005), p. 2-8.

Welsh, F. Architecture of the modern houses at the Fourth Cataract, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 9 (2005), p. 17-22.

Wolf, P. and U. Nowotnick. The Second Season of the SARS Anglo-German Expedition to the Fourth Cataract, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 9 (2005), p. 22-30.

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Published in 2004

Fuller, D.Q. The Central Amri to Kirbekan Survey. A Preliminary Report on the Excavations and Survey 2003-04, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 8 (2004), p. 5-17.

Welsby, D.A. The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project. The SARS Amri to Kirbekan Survey. Excavations at the Pyramid Site 4-F-71, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 8 (2004), p. 2-3.

Wolf, P. The SARS Anglo-German Expedition at the Fourth Cataract of the Nile: the 2003/04 Season, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 8 (2004), p. 17-26.

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Publisehd in 2003

Geus, F. and Y. Lecointe. Survey and Excavation at el-Multaga, a Resettlement Area Related to the Construction of the Merowe Dam: preliminary results, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 7 (2003), p. 33-37.

Kolsowska, E., Mahmoud el-Tayib and H. Paner. Old Kush in the Fourth Cataract Region, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 7 (2003), p. 21-25.

Paner, H. Archaeological Survey on the Right Bank of the Nile between Kareima and Abu Hamed: A Brief Overview, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 7 (2003), p. 15-20.

Salah Mohamed Ahmed. Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project (MDASP), Sudan & Nubia, vol. 7 (2003),p. 11-14.

Welsby, D.A. The Amri to Kirbekan Survey: the 2002-2003 Season, Sudan & Nubia, vol. 7 (2003), p. 26-32.

Provisional Type Series of Monuments

 An incomplete and quickly compiled list of digitized books relating to Nubia

Amélineau, Émile Clément, 1850-1915. Een feudale familie in Egypte De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907


Amélineau, Émile Clément, 1850-1915. Reis door Nubië De Aarde en haar Volken, 1907


Amélineau, Émile Clément, 1850-1915. Un voyage en Nubie


Ampère, Jean-Jacques (1800-1864). Voyage en Égypte et en Nubie


Anderson, Julie Renee. Spatial and temporal distribution of domestic and civil architecture in Christian Nubia Canadian theses = Thèses canadiennes


Anonymous. Reize in Taka (Opper-Nubië)


Barnard, Hans. Eastern desert ware : traces of the inhabitants of the eastern desert in Egypt and Sudan during the 4th-6th centuries CE: Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 4 juni 2008 klokke 16:15 uur door Hans Barnard geboren te Leiden in 1959
  
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista. Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs and excavations in Egypt and Nubia, and of a journey to the coast of the Red Sea, in search of the ancient Berenice and another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon, John Murray, London, 1820. XIX-533 pp.


Burckhardt, John Lewis. Travels in Nubia


Burckhardt,John Lewis. Johann Ludwig Burckhardt's Reisen in Nubien


Cailliaud, Frédéric. Voyage à Méroé, au Fleuve Blanc, au-delà de Fâzoql, dans le midi du royaume de Sennâr, à Syouah et dans cinq autres oasis; fait dans les années 1819, 1820, 1821 et 1822, Paris, 1826-27


Champollion, Jean-François. Monuments de l'Égypte et de la Nubie : notices descriptives conformes aux manuscrits autographes


Denon, Dominique Vivant; Tiedemann , Dieterich. Vivant Denon's Reise in Nieder- und Ober-Aegypten, waehrend der Feldzuege des Generals Bonaparte


English, George Bethune, 1787-1828. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy


Judd, Margaret Ann. Trauma and interpersonal violence in ancient Nubia during the Kerma Period (ca. 2500-1500 BC) Canadian theses = Thèses canadiennes


Madden, Richard Robert. Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine, in 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827


Norden, Frederik Ludvig. Illustrations de Travels in Egypt and Nubia (1757) 
Norden, Frederik Ludvig. The antiquities, natural history, ruins, and other curiosities of Egypt, Nubia and Thebes. Expemplified in near two hundred drawings taken on the spot Digitized images from the "The New York Public Library" [NYPL]
  
Norden, Frederik Ludvig. Travels in Egypt and Nubia Gallica 


Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905. Boat life in Egypt and Nubia Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA)


Rosellini, Ippolito. I monumenti dell'Egitto e della Nubia: disegnati dalla spedizione scientifico-letteraria toscana in Egitto Oxford Digital Library

Sartorius, Ernestine Isabella. Three months in the Soudan A Celebration of Woman Writers.

Les Temples immergés de la Nubia (at the Internet Archive)

• Henri Gauthier, Le temple de Kalabchah, premier fascicule, Le Caire, 1911
• Henri Gauthier, Le temple de Kalabchah, second fascicule, Le Caire, 1911
• Henri Gauthier, Le temple de Kalabchah, tome second (planches)[= troisième fascicule], Le Caire, 1914. bound with:
• Henri Gauthier, Le temple de Kalabchah, troisième fascicule, Le Caire, 1927.
• Günther Roeder, Debod bis Bab Kalabsche, Tome premier, Le Caire, 1911
• Günther Roeder, Debod bis Bab Kalabsche, Tome second, Le Caire, 1911. 
• Gaston Maspero, Rapports relatifs à la consolidation des temples, 2 vols., Le Caire, 1911.
• Friedrich Zucker, Debod bis Bab Kalabsche, Tome troisième, Le Caire, 1912. 
• Henri Gauthier, Le temple de Ouadi es-Sebouâ, Tomepremier (Texte), Le Caire, 1912.
• Aylward M. Blackman, The Temple of Derr, Le Caire, 1913.
• Henri Gauthier, Le temple d'Amada, premier fascicule, Le Caire, 1913. 
• Henri Gauthier, Le temple d'Amada, deuxième fascicule, Le Caire, 1926.
• Aylward M. Blackman, The Temple of Bîgeh, Le Caire, 1915.
• Gaston Maspero, Documents sur l'état ancien des monuments,vol. 1, fascicle 2, Le Caire, 1920 

Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia. University of Pennsylvania, Publications of the Egyptian Department of the University Museum.

• 1: D. Randall-MacIver, C. Leonard Woolley, Areika. With a Chapter on Meroitic Inscriptions by F. Ll. Griffith, Oxford, 1909.
• 2: Geoffrey S. Mileham, Churches in Lower Nubia, Philadelphia, 1910.
• 3: C. Leonard Woolley, D. Randall-MacIver, Karanòg. The Romano-Nubian Cemetery. Text, Philadelphia, 1910.
• 5: C. Leonard Woolley, Karanòg. The Town, Philadelphia, 1911.
• 6: F. Ll. Griffith, Karanòg. The Meroitic Inscriptions ofShablûl and Karanòg, Philadelphia, 1911.
• 7: D. Randall-MacIver, C. Leonard Woolley, Buhen. Text, Philadelphia, 1911.

 Archival Archaeological Film: Gebel Moya Sudan 1912-1913

I trust readers will use the comment function to point out errors and omissions.