# Al-Meragh

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Archaeological site in Sudan

Plan of a house excavated at the Nubian site Al Meragh.

**Al-Meragh** is an archaeological site in [Sudan](/source/Sudan). It is situated in the [Wadi Muqaddam](/source/Wadi_Muqaddam) approximately 227 kilometres (141 mi) north of [Omdurman](/source/Omdurman) in the [Bayuda](/source/Bayuda), an area that today is largely desert. A buried [Napatan](/source/Napata) settlement was discovered at al-Meragh in 1999-2000. The site consists of two houses with stone pillars and stone door frames. Both buildings are oriented in the same way, which assumes a uniform plan. It appears that the place was inhabited by only one or two generations and was then destroyed by fire, apparently by nomads. The function of this settlement may have involved an administrative center as [Nubians](/source/Nubians) colonized in this area.

## Further reading

- Timothy Kendall: *Evidence for a Napatan occupation of the Wadi Muqaddam: excavations at al-Meragh in the Bayuda Desert (1999-2000).* In: Brigitte Gratien (éditeur): *Mélanges offerts à Francis Geus: Égypte - Soudan.* imprimerie Université Charles-de-Gaulle - Lille 3, Villeneuve-d'Ascq 2007, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [2-9525870-1-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-9525870-1-9), S. 197-204.

## External links

- [Al-Meragh site description](http://www.learningsites.com/Meragh/AM_text/AM_site-description.html)

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