Early Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery

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  • El-Tayeb, M., Czyżewska-Zalewska, E., Iwaszczuk, U., Juchniewicz, J., Kowarska, Z., Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin, I., Lenarczyk, S., Mahler, R., Skowrońska-Zych, E., Cedro, A., Then-Obłuska, J., & Zieliński, Ł., Early Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery [=Harvard Egyptological Studies 13], Brill.

    Leiden 2021
    doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004433755
    ISBN 978-90-04-43375-5

    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.

    The Open Access publication is financed in part by grants from the Nubian Archaeological Development Organization Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project (QSAP) and the University of Warsaw Initiative of Excellence – Research University (IDUB).

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