Derek A Welsby
Biographic Data
| ID | 143831 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Derek A Welsby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Derek A |
| FAMILY NAME | Welsby |
| SIGNATURE | WELSBY D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | British Museum |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Human Adaptation to Environmental Change in the Northern Dongola Reach
Survey on the east bank of the Nile by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society between 1993 and 1996 was able to chart in detail changes in human settlement patterns. These reflect the political situation and developments in the agro-economy, but most importantly, fundamental changes in the hydrology of the Nile and in the local climate. In the Kerma periods the braided Nile channel was able to support a large population probably aided by great…
Travelling the Korosko Road
This volume publishes accounts of archaeological exploration carried out during the last 30 years or so in the Sudanese Eastern Desert. It is divided into two related parts.\nThe first and foremost covers results from the work of the Centro Ricerche sul Deserto Orientale (CeRDO), which is based at Varese in northern Italy. Between 1989 and 2006, CeRDO, directed by the brothers Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni, ran a pioneering programme of expediti…
Travelling the Korosko Road
The Kushite Cemetery of Sanam
Meroe
The Kingdom of Kush developed in the Jebel Barkal region, a little downstream of the Fourth Cataract, and rapidly expanded, conquering Egypt in the later eighth century BCE , and extending its control southward, toward the confluence of the White and Blue Niles in central Sudan.
Egyptian invasions of Nubia
Over the last 5000 years innumerable invasions have been mounted by the rulers of Egypt up the Nile Valley through, and very occasionally beyond, Nubia, the ‘Corridor to Africa’, from the time of the first Egyptian pharaohs, to the Egyptian sirdar in the late 19th century at the head of an Anglo-Egyptian army. In this article the progress of the major campaigns is discussed along with the common factors which determined their penetration route an…
Recent Research in Kushite History and Archaeology
Proceedings of the eighth International Conference for Meroitic studies including essays on Kushite funerary tradition, the archaeological evidence for Kushite settlement, the end of Meroe; fieldwork, and new research
Life on the Desert Edge
Kerma and the Kingdom of Kush, 2500-1500 BC
Timothy Kendall, Kerma and the Kingdom of Kush, 2500–1500 BC: the archaeological discovery of an ancient Nubian empire. Washington DC: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1997, 142 pp., US$29.95, ISBN 0 9656001 0 6. - Volume 71 Issue 2
The Kingdom of Kush
The Kingdom of Kush, lying south of Egypt, flourished for 1000 years. During the eighth and seventh centuries BC its rulers controlled Egypt as pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty. Yet much of the history of the kingdom is obscure, with it being overshadowed by its more famous neighbour. Using both ancient classical sources and modern data from archaeological digs, this work explores the history and culture of the Kushites. It illustrates all aspects of…
Qasr al-Uwainid and Da c ajaniya
In this short note the structural evidence for alterations to the defences of two Roman military installations, at Qasr al-Uwainid and Dacajaniya, is considered. The evidence from Dacajaniya is particularly interesting. This is one of the few Roman forts to survive to parapet walk height, the walkway itself being preserved as a result of a subsequent heightening of the defences.
Excavations between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 9
Ulvs XXV
During the final field season of the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey a detailed examination of the eight gsur in the Wadi Umm el Kharab was undertaken and is reported upon in this article. The work involved an architectural survey of the buildings, with accurate plans being made of two of them and measured sketches made of the others. Small scale excavations were undertaken in two of the gsur and the associated settlements were investigated. The stu…
Windows in medieval Nubia
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Unesco Libyan Valleys Survey XXIII
This report presents the preliminary results of the final season of the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey, that took place in October 1989. The fieldwork was divided in two parts. The first part of the work concentrated on the settlements in the Wadi Buzra, a northern tributary of the Wadi Sofeggin, especially at Souk el Awty. The major monument here consists of a substantial church (published elsewhere by D. A. Welsby in this volume), which was inves…
The Unesco Libyan Valleys Survey XXIV
This article reports on the work carried out by the UNESCO Libyan Valleys project in 1989 within the church at Souk el Awty in the Wadi Buzra. It includes a detailed analysis of the upstanding structure of the building together with the results of the trial excavations conducted within it. The place of the Souk el Awty church amongst the other churches in the pre-desert and on the coast is discussed, and dates suggested for its initial constructi…
Observations on the defences of roman forts in North Africa
This article examines the evidence for the date of the extant defences of the legionary fortress at Lambaesis and the relationship of the gates at angle and interval towers to the defensive curtain. The dating of the porta praetoria on typological grounds is assessed in the light of other recent finds of gates of the same type elsewhere in the Empire. Analogies for the unusual towers of the portae principales and the angle towers are sought and a…
The Unesco Libyan Valleys Survey IV
The final season of the three-year programme to survey the central Tripolitanian pre-desert examined the region to the west of the regions of the Wadis Sofeggin and Zem Zem, casting important light on the route between the interior of Libya and the coast during the prehistoric and Roman periods. In particular, a detailed account is given of the archaeological sites of the Bir Scedua Basin and of the Severan fort at Gheriat el-Garbia
Recent Work at Soba East in Central Sudan
(1983). Recent Work at Soba East in Central Sudan. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 165-180
The Roman Military Defence of the British Provinces in its Later Phases
Life on the Desert Edge
The Unesco Libyan Valleys Survey IV
The final season of the three-year programme to survey the central Tripolitanian pre-desert examined the region to the west of the regions of the Wadis Sofeggin and Zem Zem, casting important light on the route between the interior of Libya and the coast during the prehistoric and Roman periods. In particular, a detailed account is given of the archaeological sites of the Bir Scedua Basin and of the Severan fort at Gheriat el-Garbia
Unesco Libyan Valleys Survey XXIII
This report presents the preliminary results of the final season of the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey, that took place in October 1989. The fieldwork was divided in two parts. The first part of the work concentrated on the settlements in the Wadi Buzra, a northern tributary of the Wadi Sofeggin, especially at Souk el Awty. The major monument here consists of a substantial church (published elsewhere by D. A. Welsby in this volume), which was inves…
Ulvs XXV
During the final field season of the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey a detailed examination of the eight gsur in the Wadi Umm el Kharab was undertaken and is reported upon in this article. The work involved an architectural survey of the buildings, with accurate plans being made of two of them and measured sketches made of the others. Small scale excavations were undertaken in two of the gsur and the associated settlements were investigated. The stu…
Egyptian invasions of Nubia
Over the last 5000 years innumerable invasions have been mounted by the rulers of Egypt up the Nile Valley through, and very occasionally beyond, Nubia, the ‘Corridor to Africa’, from the time of the first Egyptian pharaohs, to the Egyptian sirdar in the late 19th century at the head of an Anglo-Egyptian army. In this article the progress of the major campaigns is discussed along with the common factors which determined their penetration route an…
The Roman Military Defence of the British Provinces in its Later Phases
The Unesco Libyan Valleys Survey IV
The final season of the three-year programme to survey the central Tripolitanian pre-desert examined the region to the west of the regions of the Wadis Sofeggin and Zem Zem, casting important light on the route between the interior of Libya and the coast during the prehistoric and Roman periods. In particular, a detailed account is given of the archaeological sites of the Bir Scedua Basin and of the Severan fort at Gheriat el-Garbia
Recent Work at Soba East in Central Sudan
(1983). Recent Work at Soba East in Central Sudan. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 165-180
Observations on the defences of roman forts in North Africa
This article examines the evidence for the date of the extant defences of the legionary fortress at Lambaesis and the relationship of the gates at angle and interval towers to the defensive curtain. The dating of the porta praetoria on typological grounds is assessed in the light of other recent finds of gates of the same type elsewhere in the Empire. Analogies for the unusual towers of the portae principales and the angle towers are sought and a…
Unesco Libyan Valleys Survey XXIII
This report presents the preliminary results of the final season of the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey, that took place in October 1989. The fieldwork was divided in two parts. The first part of the work concentrated on the settlements in the Wadi Buzra, a northern tributary of the Wadi Sofeggin, especially at Souk el Awty. The major monument here consists of a substantial church (published elsewhere by D. A. Welsby in this volume), which was inves…
The Unesco Libyan Valleys Survey XXIV
This article reports on the work carried out by the UNESCO Libyan Valleys project in 1989 within the church at Souk el Awty in the Wadi Buzra. It includes a detailed analysis of the upstanding structure of the building together with the results of the trial excavations conducted within it. The place of the Souk el Awty church amongst the other churches in the pre-desert and on the coast is discussed, and dates suggested for its initial constructi…
Ulvs XXV
During the final field season of the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey a detailed examination of the eight gsur in the Wadi Umm el Kharab was undertaken and is reported upon in this article. The work involved an architectural survey of the buildings, with accurate plans being made of two of them and measured sketches made of the others. Small scale excavations were undertaken in two of the gsur and the associated settlements were investigated. The stu…
Windows in medieval Nubia
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Excavations between Abu Simbel and the Sudan Frontier, Part 9
Qasr al-Uwainid and Da c ajaniya
In this short note the structural evidence for alterations to the defences of two Roman military installations, at Qasr al-Uwainid and Dacajaniya, is considered. The evidence from Dacajaniya is particularly interesting. This is one of the few Roman forts to survive to parapet walk height, the walkway itself being preserved as a result of a subsequent heightening of the defences.
The Kingdom of Kush
The Kingdom of Kush, lying south of Egypt, flourished for 1000 years. During the eighth and seventh centuries BC its rulers controlled Egypt as pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty. Yet much of the history of the kingdom is obscure, with it being overshadowed by its more famous neighbour. Using both ancient classical sources and modern data from archaeological digs, this work explores the history and culture of the Kushites. It illustrates all aspects of…
Recent Research in Kushite History and Archaeology
Proceedings of the eighth International Conference for Meroitic studies including essays on Kushite funerary tradition, the archaeological evidence for Kushite settlement, the end of Meroe; fieldwork, and new research
Life on the Desert Edge
Kerma and the Kingdom of Kush, 2500-1500 BC
Timothy Kendall, Kerma and the Kingdom of Kush, 2500–1500 BC: the archaeological discovery of an ancient Nubian empire. Washington DC: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1997, 142 pp., US$29.95, ISBN 0 9656001 0 6. - Volume 71 Issue 2
Egyptian invasions of Nubia
Over the last 5000 years innumerable invasions have been mounted by the rulers of Egypt up the Nile Valley through, and very occasionally beyond, Nubia, the ‘Corridor to Africa’, from the time of the first Egyptian pharaohs, to the Egyptian sirdar in the late 19th century at the head of an Anglo-Egyptian army. In this article the progress of the major campaigns is discussed along with the common factors which determined their penetration route an…
Meroe
The Kingdom of Kush developed in the Jebel Barkal region, a little downstream of the Fourth Cataract, and rapidly expanded, conquering Egypt in the later eighth century BCE , and extending its control southward, toward the confluence of the White and Blue Niles in central Sudan.
The Kushite Cemetery of Sanam
Travelling the Korosko Road
This volume publishes accounts of archaeological exploration carried out during the last 30 years or so in the Sudanese Eastern Desert. It is divided into two related parts.\nThe first and foremost covers results from the work of the Centro Ricerche sul Deserto Orientale (CeRDO), which is based at Varese in northern Italy. Between 1989 and 2006, CeRDO, directed by the brothers Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni, ran a pioneering programme of expediti…
Travelling the Korosko Road
Human Adaptation to Environmental Change in the Northern Dongola Reach
Survey on the east bank of the Nile by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society between 1993 and 1996 was able to chart in detail changes in human settlement patterns. These reflect the political situation and developments in the agro-economy, but most importantly, fundamental changes in the hydrology of the Nile and in the local climate. In the Kerma periods the braided Nile channel was able to support a large population probably aided by great…
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