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ID: 1094294
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1094294
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kerma (deserted settlement)  Kerma (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 19 33 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 19.5500  decimal degrees
Long: 030 21 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 30.3500  decimal degrees

Note: Located near present day city Karmah an Nuzul; major city of the Kushite culture; major structure at the site is the Western Deffufa whose purpose is largely unknown; archaeologically important for the tumulous graves, funerary objects, craft artifacts, and weaponry.

Names:
Kerma (preferred,C,V)
Karmah (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of As Sūdān (nation)  ........  As Sūdān (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Northern (state)  ............  Northern (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Kerma (deserted settlement)  ................  Kerma (deserted settlement) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nubia (general region)  ........  Nubia (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Kush (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Kush (former nation/state/empire) (P)
Hierarchy of Kerma (deserted settlement)  ................  Kerma (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)  ............  since 1913
inhabited place (H)  ............  until ca. 1493 BCE
cultural center (H)
burial site (H)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Karmah an Nuzul .......... (inhabited place)
..............................  (World, Africa, As Sūdān, Northern) [7059192]

Sources and Contributors:
Karmah..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-84
Kerma..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 99
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 27 July 2010
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 July 2010
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-84
..................  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002) 332
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 99
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 27 July 2010
..........  Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 27 July 2010
..........  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002) 332

 

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