Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Ghazali 2012: preliminary report

2015, 24, No. 1

Artur Obłuski

0000-0001-8527-3523

University of Warsaw, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology

University of Warsaw, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, Centrum Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiej

Grzegorz Ochała

0000-0002-1935-0508

University of Warsaw

Miron Bogacki

Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw

Wiesław Małkowski

Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw

Szymon Maślak

0000-0001-7609-6035

University of Warsaw, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, Centrum Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiej

Zaki ed-Din Mahmoud

National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums, Sudan

National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums of Sudan

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.0085

Publication date

28.02.2016

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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archeology

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English

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Abstract

The medieval monastery at Ghazali in Sudan was excavated in part by the Sudan Antiquities Service in 1953 and 1954, and is one of the best preserved archaeological sites in the country. A new project of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, and the National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums of Sudan revisited the ruins with a site presentation project coupled with excavation geared to bringing out a final publication of the remains, which are of utmost importance for studies of medieval Nubian history. Site surveying (including geophysics) and mapping occupied most of the short season in 2012, but some unexpected discoveries were also made.

Keywords:

Ghazali,monasticism,Nubia,Christianity,remote sensing,geomagnetic survey,epigraphy,architecture

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