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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Evergreen: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by alTakruri: [qb] [b]From Dakhla down to Yam? – New Light on the Abu Ballas Trail[/b] [i]Rudolph Kuper, Frank Förster, Heiko Riemer[/i] This brings up again the much-discussed question about the location of Yam, recorded as the target of the trade expeditions of Harkhuf, 6th Dynasty governor of Upper Egypt, and placed by most authors somewhere in Nubia. Now it may be located 600 km west of the Nile Valley in Jebel Ouenat itself (?) or even further south in Darfur or in the Ennedi mountains in Chad, impressively demonstrating ancient Egypt’s far reaching political ties and another “Corridor to Africa”. [/qb][/QUOTE]Evergreen Posts: Nabta Playa and Its Role in Northeastern African Prehistory Fred Wendorf and Romuald Schild "The archaeology of the Sahara in northern Sudan is little known (Kuper1986; Richter 1989; Schuck 1989), but near Malha Crater in northern Darfur there are numerous earthen mounds, some of which are very large, indicating that a rich ceremonial and burial complex existed there in the past. Many of these mounds occur near large, late prehistoric ‘‘cities’’ that are segmented into distinct units and special precincts. The arrangements of the towns suggest multiple sections or lineages. Very little work has been done at these sites, but they are tentatively dated between 3000 and 4000 B.P., when the lake sediments in the crater indicate an interval of precipitation (Dumont et al.1993). Of interest here is the erection of burial mounds in special precincts away from the settlements, which resembles the situation of the megalithic structures at Nabta. These Malha sites could well have served as regional ceremonial centers. It is also useful to note that these settlements indicate, at the very least, that large and complex groups could function successfully in areas of very limited rainfall, but we do not know if they were farmers or mixed farmers and pastoralists." [/QB][/QUOTE]
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