Musawwarat es-Sufra, Sudan (Musawwarat Project)

The ancient Kushite ceremonial centre of Musawwarat es-Sufra is one of the primary heritage sites of Sudan and part of the UNESCO World Heritage entry ‘Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe’. Several projects are dedicated to the study and preservation of Musawwarat under the umbrella of the long-term ‘Musawwarat Project’.

© DAI-KAAK // Cornelia Kleinitz

DAI Standort  Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures

Projektart  Verbundforschung mit Teilprojekten

Laufzeit  11.2020 - 10.2025

Disziplinen  Afrikanische Archäologie, Site management, Wissenschaftsgeschichte

Projektverantwortlicher  Dr. Cornelia Kleinitz

Adresse  Dürenstr. 35-37 , 53173 Bonn

Email  Cornelia.Kleinitz@dainst.de

Laufzeit  2020 - 2025

Projektart  Verbundforschung mit Teilprojekten

Cluster/Forschungsplan  KAAK - Zugang zu Ressourcen und deren Nutzung (Wirtschaftsarchäologie)

Fokus  Auswertung (engl.), Feldforschung, Kulturerhalt/Cultural Heritage, Objektforschung, Wissenschaftsgeschichte

Disziplin  Afrikanische Archäologie, Site management, Wissenschaftsgeschichte

Methoden  Dokumentation, Feldforschung, Materialuntersuchungen, Räumliche Auswertungen, Restaurierungs- und Denkmalpflegemethoden

Partner  Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures (KAAK) Bonn, National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Archäologie, Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte Nordostafrikas

Förderer  Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures (KAAK) Bonn, Auswärtiges Amt - Kulturerhaltprogramm

Projekt-ID  5815

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Musawwarat is one of the major monumental archaeological heritage sites in Sudan and part of the serial UNESCO World Heritage entry ‘Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe’, which comprises the ancient capital of Kush, Meroe, the ceremonial centre of Musawwarat and the town of Naqa. Musawwarat boasts numerous temples and other built structures, dating from roughly the middle of the first millennium BCE to the fourth century CE. Among these structures are the oldest known temple dedicated to the indigenous lion-headed god Apedemak, the labyrinthine building complex of the Great Enclosure and one of the largest artificial water reservoirs of ancient Sudan, the Great Hafir.

Since 1960, the long-term ‘Musawwarat Project’ has been dedicated to the study and preservation of the site of Musawwarat under the direction of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and in cooperation with the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM). Since 2020, the Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures (KAAK) of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) has been  a cooperation partner of the ‘Musawwarat Project’, focusing on 1) a multisensory study of the archaeology of the ancient ceremonial centre, 2) capacity building for (World) heritage preservation and 3) the development of a collaborative archaeology of past and present pastoralism in the hinterland of the Nile.

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Video-Tipp: Doku zu Forschung und Kulturerhalt in Musawwarat es-Sufra (Sudan)

04.06.2021 | Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures

Dokumentarfilm zu archäologischen Forschungen und Kulturerhaltmaßnahmen in Musawwarat es-Sufra (Sudan)