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Archaeological survey of the road:
M.D.S. Mallinson carried out the archaeological survey of

the road (1) from 22 April to 24 May 1993, to study endangered
archaeological sites as a result to construct Geili – Atbara road. there
was a part of endangered sites, especially between area of Geili and
Bagrawiya “Atbara”, studied before by the National Corporation
for Antiquities and museums in conjunction with French side
represented by the French unit of Sudanese monuments, either for
the remaining area which reach to 90 km, it has been assign to the
Sudan Archaeological Researches Society (SARS) in the British
Museum at London. The Archaeological survey to the road began
by study nearly 36 archaeological sites, including the foot of Gebel
Ardab, Gebel al- Abayud, Gebel Abu Sheifa and Gabati.

The amount of required work from mission –then- was record
of all archaeological sites along the road for a lateral distance of
approximately 500 m because of the constant threat posed by the
movement of construction in that area. This was an extremely
important archaeological survey where the archaeological sites
between the city of Meroe and Atbara River will be studying
and knowing its contents-for the first time. So it is registered and
documented nearly 185 archaeological site and around 4000 of
different buildings and civilizational appearances along the way.
History of the archaeological survey of the road:

The most important archaeological studies and surveys made
on the sites of Meroe- Atbara road (fig), we find that the first of these
studies was a preliminary recordings for the area between fourth
and ninth of November in 1821 executed Linant Bellefonds(5),
And from the cities recorded was city of Gabati and city of Saqadi

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