Review of: Alejandro Jiménez-Serrano and Juan Carlos Sà¡nchez-Leà³n: Le Premier Nome du sud de l’à‰gypte au Moyen Empire, Fouilles de la mission espagnole à Qoubbet el-Haoua (Assouan) 2008–2018
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Maitland, Margaret
Date published
December 2021
Abstract
At the First Cataract of the Nile in southern Egypt, the sandstone hill of Qubbet el-Hawa is the site of a large necropolis, most notably home to the tombs of local ruling officials (c. 2345–1795 BCE), as well as other burials dating up to the Roman period, a Coptic church and monastery, and the tomb of an Islamic sheikh that gives the site its name. In the pharaonic era, the associated settlement of Elephantine served as the capital of the southernmost province, occupying a pivotal position geographically, politically, and economically on the frontier of Egypt and Nubia.
Journal title
African Archaeological Review
Volume
38
Issue
3
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
ISSN
0263-0338
eISSN
1572-9842
Rights statement
In Copyright