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@Klingsor thank you so much.

How weird. I can’t see it.

Hrmph. I put a description on all my pictures but I can’t see it 🤷🏽‍♀️

We live in the village where we do lots of activities, including on-site flotation for botanical remains and regular gatherings to share our findings.

One of the Sudanese members of our team talking to the people at Jebel Moya. We always gather under the tree.

Abdul is my self-appointed helper but he likes to help the others too. Here they are looking at a potential area for a trench.

Doing flotation in the village attracts a number of helpers and on-lookers, including children.

We have found a number of small figurines and ostrich egg shell beads in abundance.

Lots of small ostrich egg shell beads. They are round and fairly flat with a hole in the middle.

Anyway I am not going to post pictures of #skeletons - those belong in specific publications. But here’s a glimpse of the site and folks at work, posted with permission.

The valley during a very dry spell. The team can be seen in the distance.

Donkeys are frequent visitors and I have a particular fondness for them.

The other side of the valley. Again it is dry and brown - the land is thirsty.

Mastodon is a lot slower than Twitter. I don’t know why. But it is. It’s taking painfully long to even upload images.

The main architectural feature thus far is the House of Boulders built by Henry #Wellcome - you can find out more on our blog https://thejebelmoyaproject.wordpress.com/

The House of Boulders built out of enormous granite blocks

Inside the house there is a plaque commemorating the old expedition. The plaque bears the names of Wellcome and Uribe. If you want to know more about Uribe see here https://thejebelmoyaproject.wordpress.com/2019/01/24/an-interlude/

I have no idea why some images are blurred and some aren’t. I promise you I’m only posting lovely landscapes. Anyway. Here is Jebel Moya.

Granite rocks and green grass. It’s a bit of a climb :-)

In the valley itself. It is a massive burial site and so much more.

The site stretches across the entire valley, bounded by the mountains.

Gosh this Mastodon thing is annoying. It keeps eating messages. Trying again. En route to Jebel Moya we stop along the Blue Nile.

The Blue Nile at sunset. The sky is a pinkish red, peeking through light grey cloud.

All right. I’m going to try a bit harder with Mastodon. Here’s a bit of a picture thread about #Sudan. Starting with #Khartoum - a bit of peace along the river including one of the many cafes.

River Nile in Khartoum - the water is greenish. The skies a brilliant blue. There are trees along the river bank.

Colourful plastic chairs on the sand bank of the river Nile. Three people have moved their chairs in the shallow water. Great place to drink coffee.

@aeder thank you. I’m using the mobile mastodon app so I need to find my password again. Currently not risking asking for a rest 😆

@natashareynolds thanks! I’m using the mastodon app. Lemme take a look at your link. Much appreciated xx

Would anyone kindly explain how to do threads on here? Also what’s the equivalent of trending topics? How do I find stuff that’s not from follows?

@Kayt_MB I see you have Type Ginger and Type Tortie 😂

What’s the equivalent of trending topics? How do I see feeds other than my own list of people I follow? #help

Our Facebook page is a bit more active although that’s mostly during the dig season when you can follow our excavations almost live :-) https://www.facebook.com/JebelMoya

I’m not sure how threads work here sorry! So I’m just replying to myself 😆 Anyway this is part of our larger project. Our blog is here. https://thejebelmoyaproject.wordpress.com/ and we try to publish in English and Arabic.

Finally out - our work with our #Sudanese colleagues.
An #Archaeology of #Pastoralism and #Agropastoralism in the #Sudan https://t.co/URRH4OqXu9

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