El-Kurru — Ku. Tum.1 Ancillary Offering Chapel

KuTum1 Chapel

Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE)·Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom·🇸🇩 Northern, El-Kurru, Sudan

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About El-Kurru — Ku. Tum.1 Ancillary Offering Chapel

El-Kurru — Ku. Tum.1 Ancillary Offering Chapel in Northern, El-Kurru, Sudan is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom. Systematic survey and magnetometry document stratified deposits. The site includes a principal necropolis and ancillary settlement. Dimensions base 22.5 m × 22.5 m; height 12 m; inclination 52°; area 26.4 ha. Excavation partially-excavated; condition ruins. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.

Why it mattersKey Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom pyramid with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 260 m elevation.

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01Chronology and phasing
02Function and labor organization

Theories

01Ritual landscape model
02Territorial marker

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How it came to be

Built: c. 2600 BCE
Period: Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE)
Culture: Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Builders: Old Kingdom
Purpose: Funerary monument and ritual complex
Rediscovered: 1976
Excavation: Partially excavated

c. 2600 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 891 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1886
Modern rediscovery and excavation

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18.4100° N · 31.7700° E · 260 m · 3 mapped features

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El-Kurru — Ku. Tum.1 Ancillary Offering Chapel – Excavation Reports and Site Monograph
Site Project Directors · 2022 · National Heritage Institute / University Press
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