النيل والصحراء في ضوء نتائج أبحاث مشروع كدرمة

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the University of Khartoum Archaeological Project undertaken on Kedurma, north of the Nile, third cataract region in northern Sudan during 2018-2021. The project was supported by Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project as a brunch of Nauri Archaeological Project, the Ministry of Higher Education in Sudan, and later by the British Institute in Eastern Africa.The study followed an interdisciplinary approach to locate and record all archaeological remains in the area to provide a complete archive to the Sudan Antiquities Service in order to assist with heritage management and preservation and to use the data as a basis to undertake a detailed scientific analysis of the ancient settlement and usage history of thearea. The results demonstrate the character of the Meroitic site of Kedurma as well as recorded different archaeological remains, which belonging to the Lower and Middle Paleolithic Periods in the area east of the site. The work also supplement the archaeological map of the Sudan with many new sites that could be belongs to the Old Stone Age. An era which characterized by the scarcity of its sites and the lack of studies.