Aniba (Nubia) — Wikipedia

Aniba was a village in Nubia, about 230 km south of Aswan. The place is today flooded by Lake Nasser. In ancient times it was an important town called Miam. The region around the town was one of the most fertile in Lower Nubia. The earliest remains at Aniba date to around 3000 BC and belong to the A-Group culture. Several cemeteries belonging to them have been found. In the Middle Kingdom (around 2000 to 1700 BC) the region was ruled by Egyptians and in the 12th Dynasty a fortress with a small town was built. At the beginning of the New Kingdom around 1550 BC, the town was extended to a...