Askut
On the former Sudanese Nile island of Askut ( ancient Egyptian Djer-Setiu ) there was an ancient Egyptian fortress in the Middle Kingdom , which was built to secure the border with Nubia . Since the completion of the Aswan Dam , the island has been flooded by Lake Nubia .
The fortress, about 351 kilometers south of Aswan and Sesostris III. erected, was in the area of the second Nile cataract and had a size of 77 × 87 meters. The protective wall was 5.3 meters thick and protruded like a spur with the bastions . The heavily fortified entrance area protected a temple and warehouses at the port. Inside the castle there was a commandant's house, barracks and huge magazines .
literature
- Dieter Arnold : Lexicon of Egyptian architecture. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2000, ISBN 3-491-96001-0 , p. 29 (→ Askut).
- Bruce B. Williams: Nubian Forts. In: Kathryn A. Bard, Steven Blake Shubert: Encyclopedia of the archeology of ancient Egypt. Routledge, London et al. 1999, ISBN 0-415-18589-0 , pp. 574-579.
Coordinates: 21 ° 38 ' N , 31 ° 6' E