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43 relations: Alluvium, Amara, Nubia, Amenemhat III, Appendicular skeleton, Arizona State University, Aswan Dam, Batn-El-Hajar, C-Group culture, Cataracts of the Nile, Dedun, Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, George Andrew Reisner, Glacis, Granite, Harvard University, Igneous rock, James Quibell, Jean Vercoutter, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Khartoum, Kumma (Nubia), Lake Nasser, Louis Vico Žabkar, Lower Nubia, Mastaba, Meroë, Middle Kingdom of Egypt, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, National Museum of Sudan, New Kingdom of Egypt, Nile, Nubia, Precambrian, Ramesseum, Sedimentary rock, Senusret I, Senusret III, Sudan, Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, University of Chicago Oriental Institute, Uronarti, Wadi Halfa, X-Group culture.
Alluvium
Alluvium (from the Latin alluvius, from alluere, "to wash against") is loose, unconsolidated (not cemented together into a solid rock) soil or sediments, which has been eroded, reshaped by water in some form, and redeposited in a non-marine setting.
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Amara, Nubia
Amara, usually distinguished as Amara East and Amara West, is the modern name of an ancient Egyptian city in Nubia, in what today is Sudan.
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Amenemhat III
Amenemhat III, also spelled Amenemhet III, was a pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt.
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Appendicular skeleton
The appendicular skeleton is the portion of the skeleton of vertebrates consisting of the bones that support the appendages.
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Arizona State University
Arizona State University (commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State) is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona.
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Aswan Dam
The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is an embankment dam built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970.
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Batn-El-Hajar
Batn-El-Hajar is a stony area south of the Second Cataract of the Nile River and Wadi Halfa - in present-day Sudan.
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C-Group culture
The C-Group culture was an ancient civilization centered in Nubia, which existed from ca.
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Cataracts of the Nile
The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths (or white water rapids) of the Nile River, between Aswan and Khartoum, where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets.
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Dedun
Dedun (or Dedwen) was a Nubian god worshipped during ancient times in that part of Africa and attested as early as 2400 BC.
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a condition characterized by abnormal calcification/bone formation ("hyperostosis") of the soft tissues surrounding the joints of the spine, and also the peripheral or appendicular skeleton.
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George Andrew Reisner
George Andrew Reisner (November 5, 1867 – June 6, 1942) was an American archaeologist of Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Palestine.
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Glacis
A glacis in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle or in early modern fortresses.
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Granite
Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Igneous rock
Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word ignis meaning fire), or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.
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James Quibell
James Edward Quibell (11 November 1867 – June 5, 1935) was a British Egyptologist.
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Jean Vercoutter
Jean Vercoutter (January 20, 1911 – July 16, 2000) was a French Egyptologist.
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Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering research and reviews of recent books of importance to Egyptology.
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Khartoum
Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan.
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Kumma (Nubia)
Kumma (also, Semna East) is an archaeological site in Sudan.
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Lake Nasser
Lake Nasser (بحيرة ناصر) is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
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Louis Vico Žabkar
Louis Vico Žabkar (7 December 1914 – 15 September 1994)Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014.
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Lower Nubia
Lower Nubia is the northernmost part of Nubia, downstream on the Nile from Upper Nubia.
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Mastaba
A mastaba or pr-djt (meaning "house for eternity" or "eternal house" in Ancient Egyptian) is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with inward sloping sides, constructed out of mud-bricks (from the Nile River).
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Meroë
Meroë (also spelled Meroe; Meroitic: Medewi or Bedewi; Arabic: مرواه and مروى Meruwi; Ancient Greek: Μερόη, Meróē) is an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum.
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Middle Kingdom of Egypt
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt (also known as The Period of Reunification) is the period in the history of ancient Egypt between circa 2050 BC and 1710 BC, stretching from the reunification of Egypt under the impulse of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Twelfth Dynasty.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is the fifth largest museum in the United States.
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National Museum of Sudan
The National Museum of Sudan or Sudan National Museum, abbreviated SNM, is a double storied building constructed in 1955 and established as a museum in 1971.
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New Kingdom of Egypt
The New Kingdom, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, is the period in ancient Egyptian history between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC, covering the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties of Egypt.
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Nile
The Nile River (النيل, Egyptian Arabic en-Nīl, Standard Arabic an-Nīl; ⲫⲓⲁⲣⲱ, P(h)iaro; Ancient Egyptian: Ḥ'pī and Jtrw; Biblical Hebrew:, Ha-Ye'or or, Ha-Shiḥor) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, and is commonly regarded as the longest river in the world, though some sources cite the Amazon River as the longest.
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Nubia
Nubia is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between Aswan in southern Egypt and Khartoum in central Sudan.
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Precambrian
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pЄ, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon.
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Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great", also spelled "Ramses" and "Rameses").
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Sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water.
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Senusret I
Senusret I, also anglicized as Sesostris I and Senwosret I, was the second pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt.
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Senusret III
Khakaure Senusret III (also written as Senwosret III or the hellenised form, Sesostris III) was a pharaoh of Egypt.
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Sudan
The Sudan or Sudan (السودان as-Sūdān) also known as North Sudan since South Sudan's independence and officially the Republic of the Sudan (جمهورية السودان Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa.
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Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt
The Twelfth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (Dynasty XII), is often combined with the Eleventh, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties under the group title Middle Kingdom.
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University of Chicago Oriental Institute
The Oriental Institute (OI), established in 1919, is the University of Chicago's interdisciplinary research center for ancient Near Eastern ("Orient") studies, and archaeology museum.
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Uronarti
Uronarti was an ancient Egyptian fortress that was located on an island in the Nile River.
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Wadi Halfa
Wādī Ḥalfā (وادي حلفا) is a city in the Northern state of Sudan on the shores of "Lake Nubia" (the Sudanese section of Lake Nasser).
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X-Group culture
The X-Group Culture was an ancient civilization that existed from ca.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semna_(Nubia)
