The Kingdom of Kerma: All You Need to Know
Kerma, also known as Karmah, is archaeological with immense historic importance. It is the former capital of the ancient kingdom of Kerma which is situated in the Dongola Reach (above the 3rd Cataract of the River Nile in Sudan). All these stories are more than 5500 years old. Kerma is one of the largest archaeological sites in the ancient region of Nubia (ancient region in northeastern Africa: extending from the Nile river valley eastward to the shores of the Red Sea, southward to Khartoum or present Sudan and finally westward to the Libyan desert).
Before we get to know more about the present-day Kerma, let’s dig deeper into how the Kerma Culture actually was or what Kerma Kingdom was actually about. As we were talking, this culture flourished from 2500 BCE to 1500 BCE. Although it wa...