Banganarti

Banganarti (Arabic: بنقنارتي Nobiin: Bángànarti (Island of the Locust)[1] is a small village in Sudan, about halfway between the third and fourth cataract of the Nile.

Banganarti was included in the field prospection carried out as part of the Southern Dongola Reach Survey, directed by Bogdan Żurawski, after which started the excavations (in 2001).

It conducts archaeological excavations and conservation and reconstruction works in cooperation with the Sudanese National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM).

[6] Large figurative scenes showing a Nubian king protected by an Archangel surrounded by the Apostles are typical.

[2] Medieval fortifications built of mudbrick, showing evidence of two fires in the walls’ layers,[7] as well as the remains of a settlement surrounding the sacral buildings, were also studied.