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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Middle East, North Africa & the Caucasus >> Sudan السودان >> Nubia >> Kerma | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Crossing the Nile via the new bridge at Dongola |
 Beehive tomb, Nubia |
 A group of women walking along the road |
 At New Dongola, the main highway switches from the West Bank to the East Bank of the Nile |
 Turning off the main road onto a sandy track leading to the archaeological area of Kerma |
 Dusty road along the Nile |
 Kerma |
 Kerma transport - Donkey cart |
 Kerma, a typical looking village in this part of Sudan |
 Mud brick wall and round building |
 Road to the ruins of Ancient Kerma |
 Welcome to Kerma Civilization Complex |
 Kerma Musuem - closed while we were there |
 Kerma Museum - given the lack of visitors to the site, you'd think they could open the museum when visitors arrive... |
 Gate to the Kerma Archeological area - the ruins date from 2450-2020 BC |
 The Deffufa - a solid mud-trick tower, perhaps a temple |
 The ruins of ancient Kerma, the capital of one of the first black African civilizations |
 Tower of the Deffufa, Kerma - over 3,500 years old - the largest and possibly oldest building in Sub-Saharan Africa |
 The Western Deffufa of Kerma |
 View of the excavations of ancient Kerma from the top of the Western Defuffa |
 Kerma museum from the top of the Deffufa |
 The top of the Western Defuffa |
 Round building with columns believed to be a royal audience hall |
 Excavations of ancient Kerma |
 View to the west towards Jabal Hafir and Jabal Abu 'Ararib across the Nile |
 Passageway leading into the Defuffa |
 The Western Deffufa of ancient Kerma, 18m tall measuring 50m x 25m |
 The Kingdom of Kerma was the world's first major black African civilization (2500-1500 BC) |
 Kerma flourished during the chaotic Second Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1750-1600 BC |
 Timeless landscape along the Nile |
 Donkey cart and palm trees, Kerma |
 Kerma has been settled for 7500 years |
 An active archeological dig of ancient Kerma around 3 km north of the Defuffa |
 Painted pottery shard, Ancient Kerma |
 Excavations of Ancient Kerma (northern site) |
 Excavations of Ancient Kerma (northern site) |
 Interesting brick-lined well with a stone circular staircase |
 Bottom of the circular staircase, Ancient Kerma |
 This ancient Kerma site has only recently been excavated |
 Archaeological tools, ancient Kerma excavation |
 Active dig at ancient Kerma by the Swiss Archaeological Mission in Nubia |
 Sudanese laborers taking a break at the northern dig, ancient Kerma |
 Ruins of ancient Kerma (northern site) |
 Pottery remains left in-situ |
 Another round pit at ancient Kerma |
 Road, ancient Kerma |
 Paving stones, Ancient Kerma |
 Minaret in a dusty street in modern Kerma |
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