Jana Eger-Karberg
University of Münster, Institut für Ägyptologie und Koptologie, Department Member
- Archaeological survey, Nubian-Egyptian Relations, Medieval Nubia, Surveying, Aerial Archaeology, Saharan Archaeology, and 19 moreEgyptian Archaeology, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, Archaeological GIS, Sudan Archaeology, Paleoanthropology, Archaeology of burials, Ancient Trade Routes, Ancient Trade Relations, Archaeology of cultural contacts, Fortresses In Egypt and Sudan, Egyptian Temple Architecture, 3d Reconstructions in Archaeology, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Remote Sensing (Archaeology), Desert Road Archaeology, Bayuda (Sudan), Archaeology of Hunting, History of Hunting, and Ancient Kordofanedit
- Jana Eger-Karberg (née Eger) is a Research Associate on the Institute of Egyptology and Coptology at University of Mü... moreJana Eger-Karberg (née Eger) is a Research Associate on the Institute of Egyptology and Coptology at University of Münster (University of Münster) with research focus on surveying methods, remote sensing in arid areas, medieval Nubia, ancient hunting, and funerary archaeology.
Since 2018 she is the lead researcher of the “Interregional Linkage Investigations in Northern Kordofan” (InterLINK) project, where she investigates the role of the Jebel al-Ain area in Western Sudan as a frontier and contact zone between the Sahel and the Nile valley cultures.
From 2014 until 2018, she worked as co-field director within the “Wadi Abu Dom Itinerary” (W.A.D.I.) project. Within the project, she supervised the investigation of cemeteries, organized the project's remote sensing activities and coordinated the financial issues of the project in general.
She studied Egyptology and Prehistory at Heidelberg and Berlin (FU), and held a Fellowship (ErasmusPlus) at the Nilein University Khartoum. She worked at several archaeological field projects in Sudan, Egypt, Turkey, Mongolia, and Germany.edit
Research Interests: Medieval History, Early Christianity, Saharan Archaeology, History of Monasticism, Archaeology of Medieval Monasteries, and 10 moreAncient Nubia, Archaeological field survey, Medieval Landscapes, Medieval Monasticism, Medieval Nubia, Medieval frontiers, Makuria, Desert Road Archaeology, Sudanese Western Desert, and Ancient Kordofan
Begleitbroschüre der Ausstellung "Tod und Ewigkeit" im Archäologischen Museum der Universität Münster (2016). Eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen Ägyptologen, Mumienforschern und Philosophen
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Published in "Sudan & Nubia" 26 (2023), 82-93
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Published in "Der Antike Sudan". MittSAG 32 (2021), 99-108
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Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Medieval History, Archaeological GIS, Satellite remote sensing, Saharan Archaeology, and 13 moreSudanese Archaeology, Ancient Nubia, Archaeological field survey, Nubian studies, Landscape Archaeology, Field Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Medieval Nubia, Christian Nubia, Medieval frontiers, Makuria, Kordofan, Remote sensing and GIS in archaeology, North Kordofan, and Ancient Kordofan
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Research Interests: Aerial Archaeology, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Satellite remote sensing, Saharan Archaeology, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, and 5 moreRemote Sensing (Archaeology), Desert Road Archaeology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Wadi Abu Dom (Sudan), and Sudanese Western Desert
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This article presents some results of a three-day survey south of the Wadi Howar to Gebel al-Ain taken out in January 2011 (during the University of Cologne mission to Gala Abu Ahmed led by Dr. Friederike Jesse). It was planned to... more
This article presents some results of a three-day survey south of the Wadi Howar to Gebel al-Ain taken out in January 2011 (during the University of Cologne mission to Gala Abu Ahmed led by Dr. Friederike Jesse). It was planned to identify some structures I discovered by interpreting remote sensing data for my M.A.-thesis. During the remote sensing evaluation, the site was labeled FJE2010-1.
The main finding during that survey was a large assemblage of ruins directly at the foot of the Gebel al-Ain hills, most probably the remains of a monastery. It consists of an elaborated sandstone church with three naves, an irregular shaped building erected of stone next to it, and a box graves cemetery, all surrounded by a large wall with a simple gate. Outside the wall other cemeteries were found, consisting of more box graves, some tumuli, and at least two cleft burials.
The ruined site seems not to be known to the scientific community so far. A Christian center so far from the Nile valley in the western desert raises several questions about the limits of control of the medieval Nubian states over that area.
Maybe two monasteries in a region named 'Tari' or 'Tahi' mentioned in medieval sources refer to those ruins.
The main finding during that survey was a large assemblage of ruins directly at the foot of the Gebel al-Ain hills, most probably the remains of a monastery. It consists of an elaborated sandstone church with three naves, an irregular shaped building erected of stone next to it, and a box graves cemetery, all surrounded by a large wall with a simple gate. Outside the wall other cemeteries were found, consisting of more box graves, some tumuli, and at least two cleft burials.
The ruined site seems not to be known to the scientific community so far. A Christian center so far from the Nile valley in the western desert raises several questions about the limits of control of the medieval Nubian states over that area.
Maybe two monasteries in a region named 'Tari' or 'Tahi' mentioned in medieval sources refer to those ruins.
Research Interests: Medieval History, Aerial Archaeology, African History, Early Christianity, Medieval Church History, and 37 moreMedieval Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Saharan Archaeology, Medieval Architecture, Middle Age Archaelogy, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, Nubian-Egyptian Relations, Nubia, Remote Sensing (Archaeology), Archaeological Prospection, Church Archaeology, Satellite Remote Sensing (Archaeology), History of Monasticism, Sudan, Archaeology of Medieval Monasteries, Ancient Nubia, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Archaeological survey, Archaeology of churches, Archaeological field survey, Medieval Churches, Medieval Landscapes, Saharan trade, Christian Archaeology, Egypt and Nubia, Nubian studies, Sudan Archaeology, Monastery, Medieval Nubia, Christian Nubia, History of Sudan, Medieval frontiers, Archaeology of Monasticism, Ancient Churches, Makuria, Desert Road Archaeology, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
This paper presents the excavations of the seasons 2008/09 and 2009 at the eastern gate and the building structures east of the fortress Gala Abu Ahmed, Northern Province, Sudan. With a contribution on the ceramics (by Jana Helmbold-Doyé).
Research Interests: African History, Saharan Archaeology, Nubian-Egyptian Relations, Nubia, - Architecture history, and 18 moreArchaeological Fieldwork, Kush, Ancient Military History, Sudan, Ancient Nubia, Fortifications, Egypt and Nubia, Nubian studies, Libyan desert, Fortification, Ancient Fortifications, Sahara, Sudan Archaeology, Kushite Archaeology, History of Sudan, Napata, Fortresses In Egypt and Sudan, and Wadi Howar
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Anlässlich des 10-jährigen Jubiläums des Netzwerks "Archäologie Diagonal" stellen Archäolog*innen der Universität Münster die aktuellen Ergebnisse ihrer Feldforschungsprojekte vor. Die Veranstaltung wird hybrid durchgeführt. Alle... more
Anlässlich des 10-jährigen Jubiläums des Netzwerks "Archäologie Diagonal" stellen Archäolog*innen der Universität Münster die aktuellen Ergebnisse ihrer Feldforschungsprojekte vor. Die Veranstaltung wird hybrid durchgeführt. Alle Interessierten sind herzlichen eingeladen!
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In the Sudanese Bayuda desert, a large number of non-elite tumulus and box grave burials with a clearly defined orientation was documented. Traditionally, the tumuli are dated to the late and post-meroitic period, and the box grave to the... more
In the Sudanese Bayuda desert, a large number of non-elite tumulus and box grave burials with a clearly defined orientation was documented. Traditionally, the tumuli are dated to the late and post-meroitic period, and the box grave to the Christian medieval period. Recent research, however, revealed that the transitional phase between the "terrace tumuli period" and the "box grave period" has to be interpreted in a more differentiated way, and the orientation of the different types of graves could be of cultural and religious significance In this talk, possible astromomical contextualisations of these orientations, analysed by geo-statistical methods, will be discussed.
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This paper presents some first results about the role of the Sudanese region of northern Kordofan as a region of interaction between the cultures of the Nile Valley and the Sahel zone. Until recent times, the cultures of... more
This paper presents some first results about the role of the Sudanese region of northern Kordofan as a region of interaction between the cultures of the Nile Valley and the Sahel zone. Until recent times, the cultures of ancient and medieval Nubia were mostly interpreted from a Nile-valley background. Recent research in Northern Kordofan indicates that as well as considering lines of interaction along the Nile they have also to be seen as Sudanic states that relied on large hinterland regions and their rangeland economies. They must thus be reckoned as part of the east-western chain of state building cultures based in the Niger Valley as well as the Chad Basin. Northern Kordofan seems to be an important border zone where manifold linkages between the Nile Valley and its intra-African neighbours are visible in the archaeological record.
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This PhD-thesis with the topic „Nord-Kordofan als Grenz- und Kontaktzone der Staaten des Nubischen Mittelalters“ (engl. “Northern Kordofan as a frontier and contact zone of the states of Medieval Nubia”) is currently work in process.... more
This PhD-thesis with the topic „Nord-Kordofan als Grenz- und Kontaktzone der Staaten des Nubischen Mittelalters“ (engl. “Northern Kordofan as a frontier and contact zone of the states of Medieval Nubia”) is currently work in process.
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Angelika Lohwasser
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Angelika Lohwasser
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My M.A. thesis' aim is to reconstruct traffic routes from Napatan to medieval times within the Sudanese western desert, north and south of the region of the Wadi Howar, using remote sensing data (mostly satellite images), survey data and... more
My M.A. thesis' aim is to reconstruct traffic routes from Napatan to medieval times within the Sudanese western desert, north and south of the region of the Wadi Howar, using remote sensing data (mostly satellite images), survey data and historical maps. One of the major tasks of the thesis is to investigate the integration of the fortress of Gala Abu Ahmed (Wadi Howar) and the medieval site FJE 2010-1 (Gebel al-Ain) into ancient traffic systems.
The advisors of my M.A. thesis were Prof. Dr. Stephan J. Seidlmayer (Main Advisor) and Prof. Dr. Angelika Lohwasser (Second Advisor).
The advisors of my M.A. thesis were Prof. Dr. Stephan J. Seidlmayer (Main Advisor) and Prof. Dr. Angelika Lohwasser (Second Advisor).
Research Interests: Aerial Archaeology, African History, Medieval Archaeology, Saharan Archaeology, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, and 19 moreNubian-Egyptian Relations, Nubia, Remote sensing and GIS, Remote Sensing (Archaeology), Archaeological Prospection, Satellite Remote Sensing (Archaeology), Sudan, Ancient Nubia, Archaeological field survey, African Archaeology, Saharan trade, Egypt and Nubia, Sudan Archaeology, Ancient Trade Routes, Medieval Nubia, Christian Nubia, Desert Road Archaeology, Ancient Trade Relations, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Research Interests: Aerial Archaeology, African History, Satellite remote sensing, Saharan Archaeology, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, and 8 moreRemote Sensing (Archaeology), Sudanese Archaeology, Sudan, Archaeological survey, Remote Sensing & GIS, Ancient Trade Routes, Desert Road Archaeology, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
This paper presents the results of a M.A. thesis using remote sensing data and historical survey records to reconstruct ancient traffic routes in the Sudanese western desert north and south of Wadi Howar.