Kerma

We stopped for lunch in a town called Kerma, where kids were unloading melons from a donkey cart and old men sat in the shade drinking water from massive urns placed beneath the trees.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

We stopped for lunch in a town called Kerma, where kids were unloading melons from a donkey cart and old men sat in the shade drinking water from massive urns placed beneath the trees.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

We stopped for lunch in a town called Kerma, where kids were unloading melons from a donkey cart and old men sat in the shade drinking water from massive urns placed beneath the trees.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

We stopped for lunch in a town called Kerma, where kids were unloading melons from a donkey cart and old men sat in the shade drinking water from massive urns placed beneath the trees.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

With capital at Kerma, Karima (Napata) or Bagrawiyah (Meroe), never did the Cushitic Kingdom expand over territory that was in more recent periods under the control of Abyssinia.

Open Letter to HRH, Hamad Bin Khalifa al Thani, on Ethiopia 2008

After lunch we got back on the bikes and headed out of Kerma.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

After lunch we got back on the bikes and headed out of Kerma.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

After lunch we got back on the bikes and headed out of Kerma.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

After lunch we got back on the bikes and headed out of Kerma.

Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007

However, it is possible that Tomb 6 is a burial of a Kerman or someone with more than a passing familiarity with Kerma.

Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Nubian Cemetery Week 1: Tomb 6 2002