Semna south
Semna-Süd was the southernmost fortification of ancient Egypt in Nubia and is located in the area of today's Sudan . It made with Semna and Kumma the fortification Semna .
location
The fortification is located around 40 km south of the second Nile cataract on the western bank of the Nile and 1.5 km south of Semna . The place is flooded by Lake Nubia today because of the Aswan Dam .
history
Semna-Süd was together with Semna and Kumma by Pharaoh Sesostris III. (1878–1842 / 1840 BC) and served as a lookout point and border crossing between ancient Egypt and the southern areas. The actual border control took place in the larger Semna fortress.
literature
- Louis V. Žabkar, Joan J. Žabkar: Semna South: A Preliminary Report on the 1966–68 Excavations of the University of Chicago Oriental Institute Expedition to Sudanese Nubia. In: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. Vol. 19, 1982, ISSN 0065-9991 , pp. 7-50.
- Dows Dunham , Jozef Marie Antoon Janssen (Ed.): Semna Kumma (= Second Cataract Continuation [Excavated by George Andrew Reisner] Vol. 1,). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA 1960.
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Coordinates: 21 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ N , 30 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ E