Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (16.2004(2005))

BANGANARTI

SUDAN

BANGANARTI

Starting work on the northern side of the
Upper Church [Figs. 1,2], the team traced
the mastaba-like platform in the north-
western corner of the church, already
fragmentarily explored in 2002,2 further
both eastward and southward. The bench
appears to have lined the porticoed walls
(i.e., south, north and west walls), termi-
nating near the two eastern corners. It was

well-made of red brick, laid in an exacting
pattern, the corner sections additionally
reinforced with squared sandstone blocks.
Later on, after the Upper Church I was
leveled and the Upper Church II raised
in its place, the original platform was
covered with another one, wider but
poorly constructed (of bricks of various
size). The northern entrance to the Upper


Fig. 1. Upper (lighter walls) and Lower (darker walls) Churches at Banganarti
(Drawing B. Zurawski, M. Momot, E. Klimaszewska-Drabot)

2 Cf. report in PAM XIV, Reports 2002 (2003), 241-250.

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