EGYPTIAN
ARCHAEOLOGY
Threat to archaeological sites in Sudan Map showing the locations of the Kajbar, Shereiq, Atbara and Sitite dams
In response to many planned and current hydroelectric and irrigation projects on the river Nile and its tributaries, the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM) of Sudan launched on 1 February 2012 an appeal to the international scientific community to assist with rescue activities in areas affected by these projects. Following on from this appeal, on 15 May 2012, the NCAM and the International Society for Nubian Studies hosted a meeting at the British Museum, London, to provide information concerning the threats posed by these new development programmes to Sudan’s cultural and archaeological heritage. There is an imminent threat posed by the construction of dams at Kajbar, Shereiq (5th Cataract), Upper Atbara and Sitite to which the national and international archaeological community has been asked to respond by Sudan’s NCAM. Future projects are planned at Dal, Mograt, Dagash and Sabaloqa (6th Cataract). Ancient sites which are threatened by their construction include Amara West, Sesebi, Soleb and Sai. Further information concerning the appeal and affected areas will be published on the International Society for Nubian Studies website: www.nubiansociety.org which
will be used to gather data when it becomes available. It relies on information that is provided by the Dams Implementation Unit, the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums, Sudan, and from archaeologists themselves. Missions and specialists who wish to participate are asked to contact NCAM directly: PO Box 178, Khartoum, Sudan. Telephone and Fax: +249 183 786784. Email: teharga2008@yahoo.com.
Centenary Awards
Reader’s letter
The EES Centenary Awards were established with donations from EES members to our Centenary Appeal in 1982. Since then they have funded fieldwork and research by over 40 ‘early career’ researchers, many of whom now direct their own projects in Egypt. Successful applicants are invited to write articles for our website (see: www.ees.ac.uk/news/index) and for EA on the work funded by their award: in EA 40 (pp.10-11) Kenneth Griffin reported on his study of the Book of the Dead in the tomb of Karakhamun at Thebes and EA 42 will include an article by Héléne Virenque on her study of the correspondence of Edouard Naville. The 2011 EES Centenary Fund grants were awarded in March 2012 to Heba Abd el-Gawad to undertake a survey of the site of Ptolemais-Hermou in Middle Egypt and to Timothy Sandiford for the excavation of a Ptolemaic settlement site at Abydos. Reports on both projects will appear in future issues of EA. The 2012 Centenary Awards will be advertised towards the end of the year: www.ees.ac.uk/research/centenary-
I wanted to let you know how much I’m enjoying EA 40. I’m especially delighted to see the beautifully illustrated article on the Rev Colin Campbell by Angela McDonald and Sally-Anne Coupar. As a young Egyptology enthusiast growing up among the used-book shops of New York City one of the books I discovered was Two Theban Princes Kha-em-Uast & Amen-Khepeshf Sons of Rameses III. Menna, A Land-Steward And Their Tombs, of which I remain very fond. Among the photos, there are some of Campbell’s reproductions. I am also pleasantly surprised to see a reference to his mentor E L Lushington; I encountered the work of that scholar very early when I was given an old anthology of Egyptian literature, edited by Epiphanius Wilson AM, which contains a ‘Hymn to Ra-Harmachis’ translated by Lushington. Thank you, and thanks to colleagues McDonald and Coupar, for reawakening these fond memories and bringing the earlier days of Egyptian discovery to life. Edmund S Meltzer Stevens Point, WI, USA
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