Orca Pod Underwater Killer Whale NOAA Fisheries Pod Of Orcas Drawing How Do Orca Pods Work at Laurie Hamlett blog Wild Orca Pod A Rare Orca Pod Is On The Move In SoCal LAist Orcas Pod. ISBN: 978 83 235 0747 5 Description: hardback, 423 pp. (30x21cm) Condition: new Weight: 1580g. Between the Cataracts, Part 2, fascicule 2, Session Papers, ed. by W. Godlewski and A. Lajtar, Warsaw 2010 Between the Cataracts, Part Two: Session Papers (fasc. 1 2) [=PAM Supplement Series 2. 2 1 2] completes the publication of the proceedings of the 11th Conference of Nubian Studies that was held at the University of Warsaw in 2006. It follows in the wake of the first volume of the proceedings [=PAM Supplement Series 2. 1] which included the main papers read at the conference. The Session Papers reflect the richness of periods and topics that were discussed: from the Paleolithic to the Fung Sultanate of Sennar and from Prehistory through the Kerma, Napata and Meroe civilizations and the post Meroe and Christian kingdoms. An extensive section is devoted to current fieldwork, the results of which are sure to fuel new studies. The volume opens with a section of general interest papers and closes with the content of two workshops bringing together specialist on the languages in one case and the royal iconography on the other in the Middle Nile Valley. Altogether the second part brings 80 articles. The papers cover diverse aspects of research from descriptive reports on recent fieldwork (with a sizable section focusing on the Fourth Cataract salvage effort), through documentary studies and insightful analyses of Nubian society, architecture and art. In their entirety, Between the Cataracts not only illustrate the topographical scope of Nubian studies, but also the richness and rapid development of this scholarly discipline. List of contents by authors in alphabetical order (fasc. 1, fasc. 2): CONTENTS Wodzimierz Godlewski, Adam ajtar Foreword Abbreviations Map GENERAL Eugenio Fantusati Three Italian graffiti from Semna and Begrawiya North Gerald Lauche Sitte Masmas the life and work of Gertrud von Massenbach (1883 1975) Samia Bashir Dafaalla Macadams files. Notebooks and manuscripts in the personal custody of Professor Abdelgadir Mahmoud Abdalla Constanza De Simone Activities for the preservation of Nubian heritage at the UNESCO Cairo Office Krzysztof Grzymski Gebel Adda revisited Ahmed Siddig Babiker The contribution of archaeology to the Sudanese heritage Faisal Mohd Musa Transference of kingship from the Anag to the Fung in the Sennar Kingdom FIELDWORK Claudia Naser The Great Hafir at Musawwarat es Sufra. Fieldwork of the archaeological mission of Humboldt University Berlin in 2005 and 2006 Azhari Mustafa Sadig Es Sour, a Late Neolithic site in the neighborhood of Meroe. First and second seasons 20052006 Julie Renee Anderson and Salah el Din Mohamed Ahmed Bread, the Staff of Life: recent discoveries at Dangeil, Sudan Henryk Paner, Aleksandra Pudo, Zbigniew Borcowski Funerary customs in the GAME Fourth Cataract concession in the light of radiocarbon analysis PAM Supplement Series 2. 2 1 v Steven E. Sidebotham, Ross I. Thomas, James A. Harrell The El Kab and Nuri Hamdab Fourth Cataract survey, January 2006 Marcin Wiewiora Preliminary report on an archaeological and architectural survey of the Christian fortresses of Suegi and Kaldob in the Fourth Cataract region Julia Budka Humboldt University Nubian Expedition Riverbank Group: summary of three seasons in the Fourth Cataract area (2004 2006) Fawzi Hassan Rock drawings in the Middle Nile region (preliminary results) Cornelia Kleinitz Acoustic elements of (pre)historic rock art landscapes at the Fourth Nile Cataract Bogdan T. Zurawski Archaeology on the rocks: aerial reconnaissance of the Fourth Cataract in 2003 Sergio Barberini Gebel Barkal (season 1998): Reconstruction of the courtyard in B1500 Maria Novella Sordi Gebel Barkal: new excavation in B2200 Grazyna Bakowska Meroitic pottery from Gebel Barkal. Preliminary remarks on the results of seasons 2004 and 2005 Mahmoud El Tayeb Early Makuria Research Project excavations at El Zuma Edyta Klimaszewska Drabot Pottery assemblage from the Tanqasi cemetery. Early Makuria Research Project (PCMA) Jacke Phillips Preliminary analysis of the mat and basket impressed ceramics from the Southern Dongola Reach Survey Brigitte Gratien Prospection dans le Kordofan occidental, autour de Zankor et dAbou Sofyan (2002 2005) Heidrun Fenna Godhoff From the Nile to the desert? The Conical Hill 02 4 site in the Lower Wadi Howar Krzysztof Pluskota The pottery from Old Dongola selected questions Alfredo Castiglioni, Angelo Castiglioni, Charles Bonnet The gold mines of the Kingdom of Kerma George A. Herbst UCSB 00_01: preliminary assessment of a Late Neolithic site on the Nile Third Cataract Agata Sander, George A. Herbst Preliminary report on rock art at UCSB 05_05, a Late Neolithic and Kerma site west of the Third Nile Cataract Yahia Fadl Tahir Palaeoenvironmental implications of zooarchaeological remains from Wadi Farja, Third Cataract region (Sudan) Nettie K. Adams Political affinities and economic fluctuations: the evidence from the textiles at Qasr Ibrim Andre J. Veldmeijer Studies of ancient Egyptian footwear. Technological aspects. Part V. Fibre shoes from Qasr Ibrim PREHISTORY Maria Kaczmarek Discrete and metric dental variations of the Neolithic population of Kadero (Central Sudan) Simone Lanna and Maria Carmela Gatto Prehistoric human occupation in the Nubian Eastern Desert: an overview Marco Di Nunzio Amm Adam: analytic problems and interpretative perspectives Danie`le Michaux Colombot New considerations on the Qustul incense burner iconography Birgit Gluck Post A Group and Proto C Group in Lower Nubia KERMA NAPATA MEROE Henriette Hafsaas Tsakos Between Kush and Egypt: the C Group people of Lower Nubia during the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period Teodozja I. Rzeuska Zigzag, triangle and fish fin. On the relations of Egypt and C Group during the Middle Kingdom Carola Vogel Master architects of Ancient Nubia: Space saving solutions in Middle Kingdom fortresses Mahfouz El Sayed Lexpedition de Sesostris III au pays de Pount Andrea Manzo Exotic ceramic materials from Mersa Gawasis, Red Sea, Egypt Angelika Lohwasser News from the cemetery of Sanam Giacomo Cavillier The Sherden in Nubia at the end of the Ramesside Age: New perspectives and researches Lewis Peake The invisible superpower. Review of the geopolitical status of Kushite (Twenty fifth Dynasty) Egypt at the height of its power and a historiographic analysis of the regimes legacy Henry Aubin The outcome of Prince Taharqas military expedition to Judah Roberto Gozzoli Royal Sisters and royal legitimization in the Nubian period (c. 760 300 BC): Taharqos Kawa stelae as a paradigm Amarillis Pompei Names of royal Kushite crowns: some notes Julia Budka Kushite tomb groups in Late Period Thebes Louis Chaix Animal exploitation during Napatan and Meroitic times in the Sudan Ivan A. Ladynin Nectanebo in Ethiopia: a commentary to Diod. XVI 51. 1 Adam ukaszewicz Cornelius Gallus and the beginnings of Roman policy in Nubia Michael H. Zach Sacred act or profane death? Human sacrifice in Meroitic temples? Eric McCann Body modification in ancient Sudan: expressions of individual and community identities Svetlana Y. Bersina Les bagues en metal avec les representations des reines meroitiques Nada Taha Babiker The importance of Musawwarat el Sufra among Meroitic cities Tim Karberg Musawwarat el Sufra a Meroitic terrace temple in a Nubian perspective Jean Pierre Letourneux and Serge Feneuille Chemical and physical analyses of facing mortars collected from various Meroitic sites Maria Luisa De Gasperis Different categories of funeral offerings in Nubia Maria Iride Pasquali On the religious and symbolic meaning of amphibian representations POST MEROE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS Gabor Lassanyi Tumulus burials and the nomadic population of the Eastern Desert in Late Antiquity Artur Obuski The formation of the Nobadian State. Social changes in Lower Nubia in Late Antiquity Tomas Hagg Nubian Greek Revisited Karol Piasecki Christianization and changes in Nubias anthropological structure Marzanna Romaniuk The character of Nubian monasticism social significance Dobrochna Zielinska The iconographical program in Nubian churches: progress report based on a new reconstruction project Bozena Mierzejewska Intercessio perpetua. The Nubians and their heavenly allies in painting Magdalena aptas Archangels as protectors and guardians in Nubian painting Alexandros Tsakos Terracotta funerary stelae from Christian Nubia Dobrochna Zielinska Edifice without parallel: Cruciform Building on the Old Dongola citadel Magorzata Martens Czarnecka Two unique paintings in the monastery on Kom H in Old Dongola Adam ajtar, Jacques van der Vliet The Coptic and Greek inscriptions from Qasr Ibrim: annoucing a forthcoming publication Joost L. Hagen A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Progress report on the Coptic manuscripts from Qasr Ibrim WORKSHOPS Workshop: Languages in the Middle Nile Valley Claude Rilly Towards the translation of Meroitic texts: prospects and methods Discussion Helmut Satzinger Old Nubian Black African language of the most ancient attestation Discussion Tomas Hagg Uses of Greek in the Nubian kingdoms church and state Discussion Adam ajtar The Greek of Late Christian inscriptions from Nubia the evidence from Banganarti and other sites Discussion Jacques van der Vliet Coptic as a Nubian literary language: four theses for discussion Discussion Workshop: Royal Iconography in the Middle Nile Valley Laszlo Torok Two aspects of the representation of the king in the Twenty fifth Dynasty and Napatan periods Angelika Lohwasser Kushite queens as represented in art Discussion Indices List of contributors and participants in the conference List of contents by authors in alphabetical order (all volumes)