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And on the way back from a hard days digging at the post-Meroitic house a quick stop off for a cup of tea before getting the ferry from Eishashi to Alhadiab. The main dish most people in Sudan eat is Ful, not to everyone’s taste it’s a bean stew: Tin of Ful beans Onion Salt Pepper Chilli Cumin (a generous pinch) Seasame oil Tin of chopped tomatoes Chop the onion then fry until golden. Add the tomatoes, a pinch of salt, pepper and cumin, stir well. Drain the water from the Ful beans then add to the pan. Simmer gently until cooked. Eat with goats cheese or any crumbly salty white cheese (feta is probably the closest comparison), chilli to taste and lots of sesame oil. Dispense with your forks and use bread instead.

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Scarab on one of the reconstructed monuments rescued from the Aswan High Dam.

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The rear of one the houses in Alhadiab.

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Ruined tomb at El Kurru. The royal cemetery at El Kurru is on the right bank of the Nile, approx. 13km south of Jebel Barkal. The cemetery contains the tomb of Piye, who was (I think) the first Nubian ruler to be buried under a pyramid. More on El Kurru: http://tinyurl.com/36nla9 Piye: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piye

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On our way back from Ed Dom we stopped off at the village of et-Tereif to visit our Peruvian colleagues (also working for SARS). Here are some of the children from the village dressed up for Eid. Part of the Sudan 2006-2007set

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The interior wall at Suweiqi. Some excavation was undertaken by a Polish team: http://tinyurl.com/2jukxy

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Tunnel grave in the desert.

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The National Museum also contains stunning frescoes from some of Sudan’s medieval churches and cathedrals.

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Gatepost on the island of Eishashi (pronounced Ishishi).

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