Early Makuria Research Project. el-Zuma Cemetery (3-Vol. Set) / / edited by Mahmoud El-Tayeb, Ewa Czyzewska-Zalewska.

• Superior document: Harvard Egyptological Studies ; Volume 13
• TeilnehmendeR: El-Tayeb, Mahmoud,; Czyżewska-Zalewska, Ewa,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Egyptological studies ; Volume 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 736 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9004433759
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Mahmoud El-Tayeb, Ewa Czyzewska-Zalewska.

The three-volume publication of the results of archaeological excavations at the UNESCO heritage site of El-Zuma in Sudan, investigated by PCMA University of Warsaw and the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums in Khartoum, presents an Early Makurian elite tumuli cemetery from the 5th–6th centuries AD. This period in ancient Nubian history, preceding the rise of the Christian kingdoms, has long been understudied. Informed analyses by an array of specialists on the team cover the archaeological and bioarchaeological evidence from the tombs (Volume 1) as well as the abundant ceramics (Volume 2) and small finds, especially jewellery, weaponry and personal accessories (Volume 3). The outcome is a people-oriented view of an elite community in ancient Nubia at the dawn of a new age in its history. Readership: Researchers and students studying post-Meroitic/Early Makurian themes from ancient Nubia; scholars of funerary traditions from this period in ancient Nubia.