Lower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33)

Why it mattersLower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33) at Meroe, Sudan is a Bronze Age (regional) tell of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for settlement and a

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Built

c. 1200 BCE

Period

Bronze Age (regional)

Culture

Bronze Age

Purpose

Settlement and associated settlement

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. c. 1200 BCE

   Initial construction / first occupation at Lower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33)

2. 19th–20th century

   Excavation and research at Lower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33)

• Lower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33) Main Tell Feature

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  Primary tell feature at Lower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33) – central settlement and associated settlement element with stratified deposits

  16.8993° N · 33.5397° E

• Lower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33) Secondary Enclosure

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  Ancillary enclosure/wall line at Lower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33) defining settlement or ritual space

  16.8991° N · 33.5397° E

• Lower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33) Outlier Rock Art Panel

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  Outlier cup-mark/petroglyph panel linked to Lower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33) ceremonial landscape

  16.8993° N · 33.5396° E

• Lower Meroe Settlement South — Meroe (53-33) Reservoir Cistern

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  Rock-cut cistern/reservoir for water management

  16.8991° N · 33.5395° E