DOI Heft:
Sudan
DOI Artikel:Tayeb, Mahmoud el: Early Makuria research project excavations at el-Zuma preliminary report
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42090#0392
MtoM - ZUMA
SUDAN
The tumuli still visible on the surface
today count 29 objects of different size and
state of preservation as far as the super-
structure is concerned. They are situated in
groups, standing on higher ground,
between watercourses that run west to east,
toward the river flood plain {Fig. 1]. Earlier
reports had classified the tombs in the
cemetery as being of a single type. Upon
closer observation, however, it was possible
Fig. 1. Topographic plan of the cemetery in el-Zuma
(Drawing Yassin Mohamed Saeed. computer drawing M. Puszkarski)
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SUDAN
The tumuli still visible on the surface
today count 29 objects of different size and
state of preservation as far as the super-
structure is concerned. They are situated in
groups, standing on higher ground,
between watercourses that run west to east,
toward the river flood plain {Fig. 1]. Earlier
reports had classified the tombs in the
cemetery as being of a single type. Upon
closer observation, however, it was possible
Fig. 1. Topographic plan of the cemetery in el-Zuma
(Drawing Yassin Mohamed Saeed. computer drawing M. Puszkarski)
390