PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE EXCAVATION OF A KERMA-HORIZON CEMETERY AT HAGAR EL-BEIDA 11
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE EXCAVATION OF A KERMA-HORIZON CEMETERY AT HAGAR EL-BEIDA 11

Summary/Abstract: Site 11 at Hagar el-Beida was discovered in January 2005 during a survey of the PCMA concession on the Fourth Cataract. The site is situated at the top of a hill, on the edge of an old flood-terrace of the Nile. It occupies an area of more than 50 ares. The surface is covered by gravel and scree, and interestingly, the graves did not extend beyond the hill top. The surface collection comprised sherds of Neolithic and Kerma-horizon date. The first season of excavations in 2005 changed the original estimate of 50 graves to near 170. Testing in a trench measuring 10 m by 10 m in the southwestern part of the cemetery revealed the outlines of four tumuli, namely T37, T38, T39, T40, to which two more (T167 and T168) were added once regular excavations began. All but one of the tumuli proved to have been plundered and it yielded a complete skeleton and some grave goods.

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