Amara West
Investigating life in
an Egyptian town
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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Publications
The most important part of any archaeological project is that the results are published, so that scholars around the world can take account of the new information in their research.
This often takes a long time – as the mass of material can take years to process, study and interpret.
Final publication of Amara West will take many years, but here are some published articles on various aspects of the work so far:
N. Spencer, ‘Nubian architecture in an Egyptian town? Building E12.11 at Amara West’, Sudan & Nubia 14 (2010), pages
M. Binder, N. Spencer and M. Millet, ‘Cemetery D at Amara West: the Ramesside Period and its aftermath’, Sudan & Nubia 14 (2010), 25–44
N. Spencer, ‘Cemeteries and a Ramesside suburb at Amara West’, Sudan & Nubia 13 (2009): 47–61.
R. Parkinson and N. Spencer, ‘The Teaching of Amenemhat at Amara’, EA 35 (2009): 25–7
Further reading
Egypt Exploration Society
The Egypt Exploration Society excavations at Amara West were not published by its excavators, but two books on the architecture, pottery and graves have appeared, based on the old archives:
P. Spencer, Amara West, I: The architectural report. Excavation Memoir 63 (London, 1997)
P. Spencer, Amara West, II: The cemetery and the pottery corpus. Excavation Memoir 69 (London, 2002).
Historical background and context
In addition, the following recommended books provide a good introduction to the historical background and context:
D.N. Edwards, The Nubian Past. An Archaeology of the Sudan (London, 2004)
S.T. Smith, Wretched Kush: Ethnic Identity in Egypt’s Nubian Empire (London, 2003)