The West Bank Survey from Faras to Gemai: 2. Sites of Meroitic and Ballaña Age

Sudan Archaeological Research Society, Publication Number 13

This volume is the first of a series that will report on surveys and excavations carried out in the most northerly portion of Sudanese Nubia, in the years between 1960 and 1963. Specifically, the area covered comprised the west bank of the Nile between the villages of Faras and Gemai, and adjacent islands of the Second Cataract. This stretch of approximately 60km was selected for initial attention because it was the area most immed...