THE LATE AND POST MEROITIC TUMULI FIELD OF HAGAR EL-BEIDA 2 (TWO SEASONS IN 2005)
THE LATE AND POST MEROITIC TUMULI FIELD OF HAGAR EL-BEIDA 2 (TWO SEASONS IN 2005)

Summary/Abstract: The site of Hagar el Beida 2 is one of a complex of tumuli fields located in the region. It lies on the floor of a vast wadi to the north of the modern village and was spotted during a field reconnaissance in December 2003. Investigated first in January–February 2005, it was believed to consist of 93 tumuli concentrated in four groups. Site mapping in the winter season (November–December 2005) excluded the western group of 16 tumuli as not connected. Therefore, the total number of graves with mounds or remains of mounds still visible on the surface now stands at 77. Of these 16 and 13 are in the southern and northern groups respectively, while the eastern one with 48 graves is the biggest. During the first season 12 tumuli were examined, five (T.1, T.2, T.4, T.14 and T.24) in the eastern group and seven (T.52-T.54, T.56, T.57, T.59 and T.60) in the northern one. Another 12 tombs (T.12, T.25-T.29, T.31, T.94 and a group of four without skeletal remains: T.11, T.21-T.23) were excavated in the winter season. They provided a rundown through the different types of graves present on the site.

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