Batn-El-Hajar

Physiographic zones corresponding to distinct Reaches in the Nile

Batn-El-Hajar or Belly of Stones is a reach of approximately 160 km in length stretching from the Dal Cataract of the Nile downriver to the now under Lake Nubia submerged Second Cataract in present-day Sudan.^[1]

History

Batn-El-Hajar is a barren and granite-rich landscape limiting arable soil and, thus, sparsely inhabited. It was the traditional border between Upper Nubia and Lower Nubia. In this area are a number of important A-Group^[2] and Meroitics^[3] archeological sites.^[4]

References

^ Geography of Nubia.
^ Kathryn A. Bard (ed.); Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt; Routledge 1999; pp.83-84.
^ William Y. Adams; Dynasties and Empires. The Southward Course of Empire. Meroitic Civilization of the Steppelands; in: Nubia: corridor to Africa; Princeton University Press; 1977.
^ D. N. Edwards and A. J. Mills; 'Pharaonic' Sites in the Batn el-Hajar - the 'Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia' Revisited; in: Sudan & Nubia No 17, published by The Sudan Archaeological Research Society; 2013.

21°01′0″N 30°35′0″E / 21.01667°N 30.58333°E / 21.01667; 30.58333

[1] Geography of Nubia.

[2] Kathryn A. Bard (ed.); Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt; Routledge 1999; pp.83-84.

[3] William Y. Adams; Dynasties and Empires. The Southward Course of Empire. Meroitic Civilization of the Steppelands; in: Nubia: corridor to Africa; Princeton University Press; 1977.

[4] D. N. Edwards and A. J. Mills; 'Pharaonic' Sites in the Batn el-Hajar - the 'Archaeological Survey of Sudanese Nubia' Revisited; in: Sudan & Nubia No 17, published by The Sudan Archaeological Research Society; 2013.

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