Siobhan Shinn is a PhD student at Oxford University. Her research focuses on the application of communities of practice theory to ancient Egyptian data. She currently works as the ceramicist for the Sanam Temple Project and digitises material for serval archaeological excavations.
Sudan, now split into the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan, boasts a rich cultural heritage that has in recent years become the increasing focus of an international community of archaeologists, anthropologists and historians. This volume brings together papers presented at the Third Sudan Studies Annual Conference, a unique forum for interdisciplinary work.