Jens Weschenfelder, MA

Archaeologist

Jens Weschenfelder, MA followed in the steps of his sister Petra. He studied Archaeology of Sudan and Prehistoric Archaeology at Free University and Humboldt University Berlin. His MA was on Kerma Bronze Age cemeteries at the Fourth Nile Cataract.

Jens has worked as a field archaeologist in Sudan, Egypt and Germany. He was a member of the Archaeological Mission to Musawwarat es-Sufra. Currently, he is part of the Mograt Island Archaeological Mission, where he directs the project component exploring the Kerma cemeteries on the island. He has published several papers on his research.

Jens is pursuing his PhD on the Bronze Age funerary landscape on Mograt Island at the Berlin Graduate School of Ancient Studies.

He is convinced that when you have experienced Sudan, you will never forget its fascinating culture and its wonderful people.