Abstract

The Metaphor of Cultural Entanglement in Northeast African Archaeology

Highlights

  • Archaeology in Northeast Africa has long been dominated by ancient Egypt and its rich cultural heritage

  • The monuments located in modern Sudan, ancient Nubia, were first described and analyzed by Egyptologists and traditionally viewed from an “Egyptian” perspective [1], resulting in several shortcomings in assessing African indigenous cultures

  • The direct impact of these new approaches on archaeological fieldwork in Northern Sudan was investigated within the European Research Council across Borders project, taking the island of Sai in northern Sudan where Egyptian culture met with the Nubian Kerma culture as a case study

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Summary

Julia Budka*

Email: Keywords: Archaeology; Metaphor; Ancient Egypt; Centric Bias; Egyptian; Nubia; Egyptianization; Colonialism; Cultural Entanglement; Kerma Culture; Autochthony; Allochthony; Biological Entanglement; Stockhammer; Austrian Science; Northern Sudan; Indigenous Cultures

Introduction
New Approaches to Egyptian and Nubian Archaeology
Sai Island as a Case Study

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