Batn-El-Hajar

Batn-El-Hajar or Belly of Stones is a reach of approximately 160 km in length stretching from the Dal Cataract of the Nile downriver to the now under Lake Nubia submerged Second Cataract in present-day Sudan.^[1]

Physiographic zones corresponding to distinct Reaches in the Nile

History

Batn-El-Hajar is a barren and granite-rich landscape limiting arable soil and, thus, sparsely inhabited. It was the traditional border between Upper Nubia and Lower Nubia. In this area are a number of important A-Group^[2] and Meroitics^[3] archeological sites.^[4]

References

21°01′0″N 30°35′0″E / 21.01667°N 30.58333°E / 21.01667; 30.58333

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