The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile

by Dominique Valbelle and Charles Bonnet

In 2003, a Swiss archaeological team working in northern Sudan uncovered one of the most remarkable Egyptological finds in recent years. At the site known as Kerma, near the third cataract of the Nile, archaeologist Charles Bonnet and his team discovered a ditch within a temple from the ancient city of Pnoubs, which contained seven monumental black granite statues. Magnificently sculpted, and in an excellent state of preservation, they portrayed five...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 977416010X
• ISBN13: 9789774160103
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 4.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 13.2" x 10.2"