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Capital of the independent Nubian Kerma kingdom in present-day Sudan; not part of the Egyptian UNESCO serial site from Abu Simbel to Philae.
Kerma was the capital city of the Kingdom of Kerma, which had its roots in the pre-Kerma culture in present-day Sudan from 3500 BC. Kerma is one of the largest archaeological sites in ancient Nubia. It has produced decades of extensive excavations and research, including thousands of graves and tombs and the residential quarters of the main city surrounding the Western, or Lower, Deffufa.
