Doukki Gel — Kerma Ceremonial City
Kerma (2500–1500 BCE) + Egyptian overlapping·Kerma / Egyptian·🇸🇩 Northern State, Sudan
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About Doukki Gel — Kerma Ceremonial City
Doukki Gel — Kerma Ceremonial City in Northern State, Sudan is a Kerma (2500–1500 BCE) + Egyptian overlapping ancient-city attributed to Kerma / Egyptian. Kerma palace city adjacent to Dokki Gel with 7 successive palace mounds and Egyptian forts. Bonnet: Doukki Gel with Kerma palatial enclosure and later Thutmose I twin forts at Pnubs.
Why it mattersKey Kerma / Egyptian centre in the Northern State
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronological seriation
- 02Trade network evidence
Theories
- 01Long-distance Indian Ocean trade
- 02Kushite royal succession
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2500 BCE palace city; 1500 BCE Thutmose I forts
- Period
- Kerma (2500–1500 BCE) + Egyptian overlapping
- Culture
- Kerma / Egyptian
- Purpose
- Kerma palace city adjacent to Dokki Gel with 7 successive palace mounds and Egyptian forts
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2500 BCE palace city; 1500 BCE Thutmose I forts
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Reisner/Kirkman survey
On the ground
Structures & features
19.6000° N · 30.4100° E · 250 m · 4 mapped features
- Doukki Gel — Kerma Ceremonial City — Great MosquemosqueFriday mosque with mihrab and pillar tomb19.6002° N · 30.4101° E
- Doukki Gel — Kerma Ceremonial City — Stone House ClusterhouseCoral rag house compound19.5998° N · 30.4102° E
- Doukki Gel — Kerma Ceremonial City — Town EnclosureenclosureOuter enclosure or creek defence19.6004° N · 30.4098° E
- Doukki Gel — Kerma Ceremonial City — Cistern ClustercisternPlastered cisterns19.5996° N · 30.4099° E
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