Dibeira

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Coordinates: 22 ° 5 ′  N , 31 ° 40 ′  E

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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.