Derek A. Welsby

Assistant Keeper

Archaeology of Sudan and Egyptian Nubia

Department: Ancient Egypt and Sudan

Telephone: +44 (020) 7323 8311
Email: egyptian @ thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Derek Welsby is responsible for the Sudanese and Egyptian Nubian collections in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan. He is actively involved in fieldwork having directed surveys and excavations on many sites in Sudan since 1982. He has published books, excavations reports and a wide range of articles on many aspects of the archaeology of the region.

As Honorary Secretary of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society and President of the International Society of Nubian Studies he has an important role in raising public awareness of the impressive cultures which flourished in the regions to the south of the first Nile Cataract.

Webmaster of the SARS site www.sudarchrs.org.uk

Current British Museum projects

British Museum/SARS Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project: Amri to Kirbekan Survey

Previous British Museum projects

Projects supported by the British Museum:

Soba Excavation Project 1989-1992

Northern Dongola Reach Survey 1993-1997

Kawa Excavation Project 1998-2003, 2007-

Exploration of Jebel Umm Rowag 2003

External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies

President, International Society for Nubian Studies

Honorary Secretary, Sudan Archaeological Research Society

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London

Member of:

  • Egypt Exploration Society
  • Libyan Society
  • Victorian Military Society                 
  • Sudan Studies Society of the UK (Committee member)

Publications

Most recent publications

D. A. Welsby, ‘Excavations in the vicinity of ed-Doma (AKSE), 2005-2006’, Sudan & Nubia ,10 (2006), pp. 8-12

D. A. Welsby, ‘Settlement in Nubia in the Medieval Period’, Acta Nubica, proceedings of the Nubian Society conference, I Caneva and A. Roccati (eds), (Rome 2006)

D. A. Welsby, ‘Survey in the vicinity of ed-Doma (AKSE), 2004-2005’, Sudan & Nubia 9, (2005), pp. 2-8

D. A. Welsby, ‘The Kingdom of Kush. Urban defences and military installations’, in N. Crummy (ed.),  Image, Craft and the Classical World. Essays in honour of Donald Bailey and Catherine Johns (Montagnac 2005), pp. 39-54

D. A. Welsby,  ‘Nobadia, Makurra and ‘Alwa’, in K. Shillington (ed.) Encyclopedia of African History II (New York-London), pp. 1141-43

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