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areas early and maybe there was sort of Egyptian trade especially
in the wine trade since find some remains of amphorae probably
connected with a trade or maybe be linked to religion(16).
Sites of Napata-Meroetic Kingdom:

Pottery remains found belong to the Napatain Kingdom period
in sites similar to the pottery dated by the New Kingdom period,
which mention to degree of continuity with local communities
in the Wadi of Gabati and Meroe area in earlier times, either the
Meroetic pottery, it is found at the three sites ( SARS 102.2 159.2
170.4.).

The city of Atbara:
-The city of Atbara locate (fig: 158) at latitude 14, 17 North

and longitude 59, 33 East, and it is at a height of 350 m above sea
level. The city is situated at the confluence of the Nile River with
its Atbara tributary, and this represents an excellent geographic
location of the city where it located to the East of the Nile River
and to the North of its Atbara tributary. It is at distant 13 km north
of city of Damer, as the city is far about 310 km north of Khartoum,
the capital, and at a distance 611 km south of Wadi Halfa, and
474 kilometers west of Port Sudan. So the city is distinct by near
its geographical location from the ports and the administrative
capitals(17).

- The city also represents good transport node, linking its
territory with different parts by railways and roads. This excellent
site led to choose it as the center of railways. And from Atbara, the
railways lines branch to Port Sudan across the eastern desert, and

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