Society & Economicsarticle2026-09-24

Miseeda: between kingdoms, through epochs—reconstructing a history of the Mahas region (Sudan)

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Abstract

The Good Shepherd of Miseeda project investigates remains in a section of the Mahas region in northern Sudan. Centred on a church built around an ancient petroglyph, integrated archaeological survey and ethnographic research trace millennia of cultural interaction, continuity and transformation that shaped the sacred and social landscape.

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Authors: Joanna A. Ciesielska, Mariusz Drzewiecki, Karel Christiaan Innemée, Maciej Kurcz, Katarzyna Danys, Piotr Osypiński, Paweł Lech Polkowski, Katarzyna Anna Rosa, Dobrochna Zielińska

Institutions: Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw, Polish Academy of Sciences, State Archaeological Museum, Archaeological Museum in Poznań