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Site of Ancient Egyptian periods (fig: 159)
It’s not strange to find some features of Egyptian culture and

ancient Egyptian influence on this area with the African dimension
Deeping into the Middle Nile, where we find that the , Egyptian
control on lower Nubia - at the very least- back to the old kingdom
period in Egypt, and as for to upper Nubia ,in particular the study
area ,the Egyptian domination began during the rule of the two Kings
Thutmose I and Thutmose III in the New kingdom as mentioned on
the stela at kurgus, 180 km north of Atbara, and about the discovers
in that period, it is found Three sites from the late new kingdom,
we describe as follows:
The first Site (SARS 101.1 101.5):

It is site locate upper foot of Gebel Ardab (fig :161), within
the range of the Meroetic late period and the Christian era, it
was discovered some potterysherds may be fall from the top of the
Gebel, and Lenoble didn’t mention to any Pharaonic vessels in the
report of 1992(15).
The Second Site (SARS 152.3 153.1 154.3)

- It is a series of sites locate at the beginning of the bay of
Shangerit, overlooking ahilltop overseeing the Meroetic site.
The Third Site (SARS159.1):

-It is a site located within the Meroetic cemetery in the
northern extension of Gabati plain, which found in it on a group of
the pottery remains dated to the New Kingdom period, existed in
the late layers of the archaeological survey.

All these three sites are close to the Meroetic settlement areas
in the Meroetic late period, which suggests a stable society in these

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