Jebel Barkal Museum
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Established | 1979 |
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Location | Archaeological site of Jebel Barkal, ![]() |
Coordinates | 18°31′58.2″N 31°49′42.5″E / 18.532833°N 31.828472°E |
Type | Archaeological collection |
Website | jebel-barkal-museum |
The Jebel Barkal Museum is an archaeological site museum located on the eastern side of the archeological area of Jebel Barkal at Karima in the Northern State of Sudan.[1][2]
Displays
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The three gallery rooms of the museum display artefacts and pottery findings from excavations conducted in the Jebel Barkal area, among them one of the royal Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt statues found by George A. Reisner in 1916.[3]
References
- ^ Maria Constanza de Simone; Nubia and Nubians: The ‘Museumization’ of a Culture; Leiden University 2014; p.142.
- ^ UNESCO report: Preservation of Endangered Objects at the National Museum of Sudan and the Archaeological Museum of Jebel Barkal.
- ^ The finding of the Jebel Barkal statues.
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