Scientists Race to Rediscover Ancient Nubia
Amy Maxmen, Undark
In 1905, British archaeologists descended on a sliver of eastern Africa, aiming to uncover and extract artifacts from 3,000-year-old temples. They left mostly with photographs, discouraged by the ever-shifting sand dunes that blanketed the land. We sank up to the knees at every step, Wallis Budge, the British Egyptologist and philologist, wrote at the time, adding: [We] made several trial diggings in other parts of the site, but we found nothing worth carrying away.
In 1905, British archaeologists descended on a sliver of eastern Africa, aiming to uncover and extract artifacts from 3,000-year-old temples. They left mostly with photographs, discouraged by the ever-shifting sand dunes that blanketed the land. We sank up to the knees at every step, Wallis Budge, the British Egyptologist and philologist, wrote at the time, adding: [We] made several trial diggings in other parts of the site, but we found nothing worth carrying away.