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Khartoum Unit news
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Call for Papers: 5th Sudan Studies conference to be held in Warsaw
The fifth edition of the Sudan Studies conference will be held in Warsaw. This international scientific meeting is organized each year in a different country that conducts research in this part of Africa. The conference is organized by the University of Durham, and its Warsaw edition will be co-organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean […]
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Best Wishes for the Holiday Season
May the Holiday Season bring you rest and joy, fill your hearts with peace, and give you the strength to work on your plans and new challenges in the New Year.
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Research in Sudan
The history of Polish archaeological research in Sudan goes back to the 1960s, to the UNESCO-coordinated effort to save monuments endangered by the building of the Aswan Dam. It was than that Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski discovered the renowned Faras cathedral. The Polish mission transferred its wall paintings to museums in Khartoum and Warsaw, saving them from flooding by Nile waters. Nowadays, about 100 Polish scholars and students work in Sudan each year. Within several projects, they study sites from different periods, working also on the conservation and presentation of the excavated monuments.
