Specialized publications on line

Ayrton, Edward R. and W. L. S. Loat 1911. Pre-dynastic cemetery at el Mahasna. Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund 31. London : Egypt Exploration Fund.

The monograph explains in detail the history of the royal city of Kerma. The book also includes articles written by archeologist Charles Bonnet about excavations that have been conducted in the area as well as different illustrations and map of the sites.

Mission archéologique espagnole du comité national espagnol de l’UNESCO en 1960. Nécropole méroïtique dans la région d’Argin, avec plus de 220 tombes.

PhD thesis of Victor Manuel Fernández Martínez, under the supervision of Martín Almagro Basch. UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID.
ISBN: 978-84-694-6508-0
©Víctor Manuel Fernández Martínez, 1983
Open access with authorization from the author.

In 2019, the SFDAS celebrated its fifty years of existence. A full week devoted to SFDAS and Sudanese heritage was held in September 2019 at the French Institute in Khartoum and at the National Museum of Sudan, these events being placed under the aegis of the French Embassy in Sudan. This week, made up of archaeological conferences given by the greatest specialists and former directors of the SFDAS, also saw an exhibition devoted to French archeology take place at the French Institute, around the work of Claude Iverné, associate member of the SFDAS.

Spanish archaeological mission from the UNESCO commitee in 1960. Meroitic Necropolis in the Argin region, with more than 220 graves.

SFDAS continues its program on open archives. We propose today the book of M. Almagro, the meroitic necropolis of Nag Gamus, 1965.

The third Hors-Série de “Routes de l’Orient” on French archeology in Sudan is available, in partnership with the SFDAS.

The excavation of the archaeological site of Aksha, otherwise known as Serra West or Serreh, is composed of three campaigns, held between 1961 and 1962. The operations concentrated on a Ramesside temple and the adjoining Christian remains; a Meroitic necropolis northwest of the temple; and a small habitat site dated Group C.

A.J. Arkell excavated in 1944 near modern Khartoum a Mesolithic site, with the remains of a culture which he called ’Early Khartoum’. No traces of houses or huts were found but the remains excavated must belong to a settlement at least occasionally inhabited. Early Khartoum is a Mesolithic culture with some bone working and a microlithic stone industry. The use of pottery perhaps indicates contacts with Neolithic cultures. There was a limited use of wild grain. From the faunal remains it seems certain that these people lived by hunting and fishing; no domesticated animals were found.