Project director
Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan
Partners
- National Corporation for Antiquities
and Museums, Sudan - University of Durham
- University of Manchester
- University of Aberystwyth
- Purdue University
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Amara West is an ancient town in northern Sudan, the adminstrative capital of Upper Nubia, known as Kush, occupied by pharaonic Egypt between 1500 and 1070 BC. Each year a team of specialists excavates at the town, revealing ancient buildings and recovering objects.
This project aims to provide new insights into what life was like for the ancient inhabitants through further study and scientific analysis, helping us to learn about where the inhabitants came from, what food they cooked and ate, their health, and the craft activities that took place in their houses.
Excavation
Each year, a team of archaeologists, scientists, physical anthropologists and other experts undertakes an excavation season at Amara West.
Latest news
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Amara West 2013: long-term Nile changes
26 March 2013
Jamie Woodward, University of Manchester and Mark Macklin, University of Aberystwyth
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Amara West 2013: a kaleidoscope of life and death in Egyptian Kush
22 February 2013
Neal Spencer, British Museum
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Amara West 2013: luxury from afar
21 February 2013
Anna Garnett, Egyptologist and trainee curator, British Museum/Manchester Museum
Previous excavation seasons: 2011-12
Amara West 2012: the first glimpses of ancient living conditions and health
13 December 2012
Michaela Binder, Durham University