There we are examining a monumental fortress built by the conquering Egyptian kings in the early 2nd millennium BC, the extramural settlement associated with it, and the relations between Nubians and Egyptians in this frontier zone.
I co-direct an excavation at Uronarti, Sudan, with my colleague Christian Knoblauch (Swansea University). I am particularly interested in kingship, monumentality, the contexts and audiences for art and architecture, and cultural interactions.
My research focuses on the material culture of the Nile Valley and on the methodology of archaeological recording.