Dibeira
Coordinates: 22 ° 5 ′ N , 31 ° 40 ′ E
Dibeira (East) , also Debeira (East) , is an archaeological excavation site on the east bank of the Nile in northern Sudan, 20 km north of Wadi Halfa near the border with Egypt . A necropolis of the C-group culture, the burial chamber of the Nubian prince Djehutihotep decorated with wall paintings and painted sarcophagi of the 20th dynasty were excavated .
Dibeira is flooded by Lake Nasser today . The burial chamber and the sarcophagi were dismantled and placed in the museum garden of the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum .
literature
- Richard Andrew Lobban Jr .: Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia (= Historical dictionaries of ancient civilizations and historical eras. Volume 10). Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2004, ISBN 0-8108-4784-1 , p. 130.