Museum
    History
    Collections
    Outdoor museum
    Visitor info.

  Activities

  Nubia

  Interact

  Resources

Collections > Kerma Culture

Kerma is a totally Nubian culture, local and very ancient, as it begins in the middle of the 3rd millennium BC with the "pre Kerma" culture, contemporary to the A Group. It lasts until the conquest of Upper Nubia at the beginning of the XVIIIth Dynasty.

Kerma (also known as the Kingdom of Kush) is a true state, led by a prince, heqa, well known by the ancient Egyptians. Its political and religious capital is the ancient town of Kerma.

Pot, Aniba, Nubia
Tulip pottery, Aniba, Nubia