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Tombos (Nubia)

Tombos
Unfinished statue of a Kushite king in the quarries near Tombos
Tombos (Nubia) is located in Northeast Africa
Tombos (Nubia)
Shown within Northeast Africa
Tombos (Nubia) is located in Sudan
Tombos (Nubia)
Tombos (Nubia) (Sudan)
LocationSudan
RegionNubia
TypeSettlement
Site notes
ConditionIn ruins
Websitetombos.org

Tombos or Tumbus is an archaeological site in northern Sudan, including Tombos island and the nearby riverbank area.[1] Tombos is located at the Third Cataract of the Nile and on the northern margin of the Dongola Reach, not far from Kerma. The occupation of Tombos, revealed by archaeological work, began in mid-18th Dynasty of Egypt and continued through the 25th Dynasty. In the New Kingdom period, a large range of pharaonic and private royal inscriptions from 18th Dynasty and elite tombs in Egyptian style indicates Tombos was an important node of Egyptian colonial control.[2] In the New Kingdom, Tombos witnessed the blending and entanglement of Egyptian and Nubian traditions.

  1. ^ Smith, Stuart Tyson (2007). "Death at Tombos: Pyramids, Iron, and the Rise of the Napatan Dynasty". Sudan&Nubia: The Sudan Archaeological Society. 11: 3.
  2. ^ Davies, W. Vivian (2008). "Tombos and the Viceroy Inebny/Amenemnekhu". British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan. 10: 44.
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