2013 program grantee Vincent Francigny and the French Archaeological Unit Sudan Antiquities Service have been in the news recently. An article on Roman board games discovered in elite Meroitic graves has been published in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 167, No. 1 (2017) : https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.167.1.0023

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December 31, 2017

We learned today the sad news of the passing of Lawrence E. Stager, one of the founding members of the White-Levy Archaeological Publications Program.  From its very beginnings in 1997, Larry helped shape and guide the program, and for twenty years as a member of the board he was a constant source of expert knowledge and sage advice. The program's record of success is in good part due to his inspiration, participation, and good sense.

Larry was a brilliant archaeologist, an exceptional scholar, and a wonderful colleague.  He will be...