Kanisah Kurgus Explained
Kanisah Kurgus (also known as Kurgus or Kanisa-Kurgus[1]) is an archaeological site in Sudan, located on the east bank of the Nile between the Fourth and Fifth cataracts, near Abu Hamed.[2] The area is part of the modern day town Al Kanisah.
The site contains Hagar el-Merwa, an Ancient Egyptian rock art site with inscriptions (boundary stelae) from the reign of Thutmose I and Thutmose III. This site marks the southern border on the Nile of Ancient Egypt during their reigns.[3] The inscription on the rock reads:[4]
Kurgus means "yellow" in modern Nubian, and the name likely refers to the yellow sandstone of the region.
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Notes and References
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- Book: Loktionov . Alexandre . Compulsion and Control in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the Third Lady Wallis Budge Egyptology Symposium . 7 December 2023 . Archaeopress Publishing Ltd . 978-1-80327-586-4 . 24 March 2024 . en.
- Book: Török . László . Between Two Worlds: The Frontier Region Between Ancient Nubia and Egypt, 3700 BC-AD 500 . 2009 . BRILL . 978-90-04-17197-8 . 24 March 2024 . en.
- Book: Bar . S. . Kahn . D. . Shirley . J. J. . Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature: Proceedings of a Conference at the University of Haifa, 3-7 May 2009 . 9 June 2011 . BRILL . 978-90-04-21069-1 . 24 March 2024 . en.
