Ancient Nubian temple faience workshop shows how Kushite rulers controlled materials, labor, and burial goods

Archaeologists digging at Sanam Temple in Napata, the old capital of the Kushite Empire in Sudan, have uncovered a faience workshop. Faience is a colored, glazed material used for beads, amulets, and small statues. Rennan Lemos of Durham University and Kathryn Howley of New York University led the team, which dug at the site from […]

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