Terribly sad news from Warsaw - Mahmoud was not only a brilliant scientist, but also a great human being, RIP dear friend 🖤💔

Gräueltaten und Hungersnot: Verheerende Lage im Kriegsland #Sudan - und viel zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit weltweit und v.a. konkrete Maßnahmen und Hilfe, eine humanitäre Katastrophe unpackbaren Ausmaßs orf.at/stories/336059…

Back at Asparn/Zaya #MAMUZ for experimental archaeology thanks to Universität Wien & particularly MehoferMathias & colleagues - currently preparing test clay tablets with various tempering

This is the pot made in dung tempered Nile clay which we brought last year with us from #Sudan DiverseNile project - ready to be fired here at Asparn/Zaya #MAMUZ tomorrow

New dissemination article (EDMA) European Dissemination Media Agency - our PI Julia Budka about the setting and possible function of site AtW 001 in Attab West edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/p… #Sudan #Nubia #BronzeAge #archaeology

A new publication with Sarah Schrader , Mohamed Saad, El-Hassan Ahmed Journal of African Archaeology! We reviewed the history of bioarchaeology in #Sudan #Nubia and proposed how we can conduct bioarchaeological research more ethical and collaborative way #OpenAccess brill.com/view/journals/…

We proudly announce the next online DiverseNile Seminar by Mohamed Osman with the title "Tracks on the sand, ancient Egyptian mobility in the desert" - registration for July 16th, 1pm CET is still possible! sudansurvey.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/index.php/2024…

Starting soon - 1pm CET ⬇️

We had a wonderful DiverseNile Seminar by Mohamed Osman today - he gave a sound methodological overview of his approach towards reconstructing trade routes, focusing on the Old Kingdom! If you missed it: the video is now available cast.itunes.uni-muenchen.de/clips/k8G7DKSf… #landscape #GIS #Egypt

This was great - we had the pleasure to welcome the group of Egyptian colleagues of the Study & Contact Tour 2024 by the German Archaeological Institute Cairo at our office today #Egyptology #archaeology

We are proud that our Sudanese colleague Huda Magzoub and our PI Julia Budka will be presenting the MUAFS project at the SASA virtual conference today sudansurvey.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/index.php/2024…

Now published & open access: my book review of "Ancient Egypt, New Technology: The Present and Future of Computer Visualization, Virtual Reality, and Other Digital Humanities in Egyptology" #Egyptology #DH #AI #VR link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Sogar im Norden des Landes, hier ein aktuelles Photo aus Abri, ist der Nil stark verunreinigt aufgrund extremer Regenfälle - die Menschen kommen kaum an Trinkwasser und das bei sehr hohen Temperaturen 💔 #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #Peace4Sudan

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Day 1 of the #EAA2024 with scientific program is about to start, incl. the ⁦Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA)⁩ session on borderscapes, organized by ⁦Maria Gatto⁩ & al. featuring a number of talks about #Egypt and #Sudan, including. my ⁦DiverseNile project⁩ paper

Stunning scenery after a long but fruitful day of conference #EAA2024 #Roma #CircusMaximus

How incredibly fitting - a session at the #EAA2024 with lots of paper on ancient Sudan and then the Cestius pyramid in the evening before the party #Rome

Our PostDoc Dr Chloë Ward just presented in Session 794 at the #EAA2024 the DiverseNile project with a focus on „Knowledge construction in and with the archaeological archive“ #Sudan #MUAFS

A short new blog post from our PI Julia Budka on the #EAA2024 in Rome - which was fabulous in many ways #archaeology sudansurvey.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/index.php/2024…

New blog post - our PI Julia Budka proudly presents her latest discovery in Attab West! made from her desk in Munich! #remotesensing #DAP #survey #Sudan #archaeology sudansurvey.gwi.uni-muenchen.de/index.php/2024…