Out of Africa: Czech team back from Sudan dig

The so far little-explored ancient site of Wad ban Naqa in Sudan has been the focus of an ambitious archeological dig carried out by a team from the Czech National Museum. The village was a part of one of the earliest civilizations on the Nile, the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë, and contains the ruins of a palace and two temples.

On Jan. 24, the Náprstek museum was the site of the National Museum’s presentation of the second year of its Wad ban Naqa digs. The digs take place for a six-week period every fall. The most recent dig uncovered the remains of a smaller temple that was devoted to a Nubian lion god such as Apedemak or Sebiumeker.