Kerma

Kerma lies on the Nile south of the Third Cataract, in a fertile basin amid the deserts of Nubia. Here stood the capital of an ancient Kushite kingdom, whose wealth was sustained by agriculture and trade. Its most striking remains include the massive mudbrick buildings known as the Deffufas. Nearby cemeteries preserve the burials of the people who lived under its rulers, while desert routes once linked the city to Egypt, the Red Sea and lands farther south.