A reminder that tonight at 6pm, Artur Obłuski talks about Old Dongola in Nubia: "Old Dongola, New collaborative archaeology: Tackling paradigms in research on African past." E24710, baked clay, Serra East (Nubia), Late Christian period (1025-1300 CE)

first half of the 8th century under that influence. But despite the fact that the columns are in this location on the island, excavations did not reveal a church at the site.

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medieval period, and the four granite columns seen here belonged to a church on the island. Granite columns appear in other churches in Nubia, apparently starting with the Church of Granite Columns at Old Dongola in the 7th century CE. The church here was built probably in the

On February 11, 1907, Breasted records in his diary that he took this picture of the columns on Sai Island in Nubia (located between the Second and Third Cataracts) together with the Sudanese man standing posed next to one of the columns. Sai Island was a bishopric in the

Join us tonight at 7pm for the lecture by Dr. Morag Kersel, professor of Anthropology at DePaul University: "Landscape, Loss, and Looting. Lessons Learned at an Early Bronze Age site, Jordan." You can attend the lecture in person or if you are a member, it streams live.

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A35405, baked clay, Jordan, Early Bronze Age II-III (3100–2300 BCE)

in 1965 and 1967. This material then was given to different ASOR member institutions,, since ASOR had co-sponsored the excavations. One of the instituions was the ISAC Museum, of which this is an example of objects that are now here.⁠ ⁠

The ISAC Museum holds a collection of artifacts from the site of Bab edh-Dhra in Jordan. An Early Bronze Age site, Dr. Paul Lapp, noticed that a large number of Early Bronze Age pots were appearing on the antiquities market. He traced these to the site and began excavations there

that the inscription on this lamp, which is written in Greek is religious, reading: "Lord, Helper," E24578, baked clay, Serra East (Nubia), Christian period (800-1550 CE)

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In medieval Nubia, people used a variety of languages including Old Nubian, as well as Coptic and Greek Old Nubian was the local language that would have been spoken by the population, with many of the religious texts written in Coptic and Greek. Therefore, it is not surprise

A35389, baked clay, Bab edh-Dhra (Jordan), Early Bronze Age 1B (3800–2800 BCE)

series of Early Bronze Age sites (3600–2000 BCE) along the Dead Sea Plain in Jordan. ⁠ ⁠ Register here for in person attendance: https://t.co/tcFbzUutV2⁠ This lecture will stream live exclusively for ISAC Members and will be posted to ISAC YouTube channel in the future.⁠ ⁠

Join us on Wednesday, 5 November at 7pm for the ISAC monthly lecture: ⁠ "Landscape, Loss, and Looting. Lessons Learned at an Early Bronze Age site, Jordan" by Morag Kersel, professor of anthropology at DePaul University. This lecture looks at looting, loss, and landscape at a

Register here: https://t.co/alnKxQaUPC E41342, baked clay, Qasr el-Wizz (Nubia), Christian period (500-1100 CE)

painted decoration of the tiniest sacral space excavated in Nubia that consists of unparalleled representation of Mary, depictions of Christ, and the Ancient of Days as well as the community archaeology model developed by Sudanese-Polish expedition at Old Dongola.

This Friday, at 6pm Central Time), Artur Obłuski, director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw will give a lecture: "Old Dongola, New collaborative archaeology: Tackling paradigms in research on African past." This lecture will look at the

roaring on the seal. Stamp seals do not generally have such a close interaction between the shape of the seal and the design of the seal. A17369, stone, Türkiye, Iron Age (ca. 7th century CE)

This lion-headed stamp seal gives the viewer a hint of what is on the sael itself. The seal, like the top of the seal, is decorated with a lion. Ont he sael itself, it is the entire lion, rather than simply the head. The lion has a particularly elaborate tail and appears to be

the hoard of valuables of the owner of the house. A8578, silver and lapis lazuli, Iraq, Akkadian period (2334-2154 BCE)

several ingots and pieces of silver wire, and agate beads in a house at the site of Tell Asmar. Although this was interpreted by the excavators as a hoard of objects belonging to a jeweler, its presence in a pot in a house as well as its contents, would argue that this is rather