The oldest testimony of history (and we are not talking about pre-) Sudanese. A Kerma was the center of an ancient empire that domina Nubia for almost 1 000 years. This has developed the first civilization in sub-Saharan Africa. The kingdom of Kush finds its origin from the xxv in the th century before our era. Kerma was renowned for its wealth from trade between Egypt and the upper Nile Valley. His pottery was renowned and many of his amphorae and land containers enrich museums around the world. The most important testimony of the civilization of Kerma, which is still little known, is the two deffufas ("clay brick construction", old nubian), so-called western and eastern, which dominate the region. Probably used as royal graves, these crues of flood bricks have remarkable proportions, given their age, around 4 000 years.

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Vestiges de Kerma, important centre urbain antique. Tom Pepeira - Iconotec

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