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X account of the Atbai Survey Project: Heritage and archaeology of the east Nubian deserts. Supported @Macquarie_Uni & @arc_gov_au. PI @cooper_julien

in the desert Katılım Ağustos 2024
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Atbai Mysteries. Thousands of these small stone-circles scatter the Atbai desert, but only a few were excavated and turned out to be burials? Did all function this way, or were some livestock pens? Or did some also function as small living quarters? #Atbai #Egypt #Sudan
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Crossing the Atbai Route #3: the Berber-Suakin route. This route connected the area of Berber on the Sudanese Nile with the Islamic port of Suakin, taking advantage of good passes and wells in this short stretch of desert.
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The famous Arab historian Maqrizi said in Omari's time they could shorten the route to Egypt from a month to two days, and that it was used by the Nubians, the inhabitants of the kingdoms of Christian Nubia. The route is very harsh, with little water and difficult navigation.
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Crossing the Atbai Route #2, the Korosko Road. This route linked Korosko in Lower Nubia with Abu Hamed, directly bypassed many cataracts of the Nile and the large 'bend' in the Nile. The only relatively safe water supply was at the well of Murrat, in the middle of the route.
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Thank you to the coauthors (Rebecca Whiting, Ewa Czyżewska-Zalewska & Kefilwe Rammutloa), collaborators, and our Sudanese colleagues and friends for making this possible. It was a challenging season at the site, the flies were many, the sand omnipresent, and the wind unrelenting
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The route was crucial for both gold supply in the Caliphate and as a Hajj pilgrimage route, bringing pilgrims from Upper Egypt (and Africa) to the Red Sea and then Jeddah & Mecca. This route is only documented in medieval times, although early versions of it likely existed.
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Crossing the Atbai Route #1, the Aswan-Aydhab Route. This route linked the Medieval Islamic port of Aydhab with Upper Egypt, linking with the major gold-mining town of Allaqi, a famous trade-station in the middle of the Atbai desert.
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What does a typical ancient Sudanese goldmine look like? From satellite imagery, they are quite easy to detect. Common features include excavations of hills, disturbed wadis, and traces of settlements. There are 100s of goldmines across the Atbai, many undiscovered.
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