El-Eleila

El-Eleila lies in the Blue Nile country near Abu Haraz, where the river approaches the rain-fed plains of the Butana. Archaeological remains in this area have been associated with the medieval Christian kingdom of Alwa, whose capital was at Soba downstream. Along the river, cultivation could be combined with farming on the plains to the east and the keeping of herds, using different parts of the landscape as the seasons changed.