Meroe City

An Ancient African Capital. John Garstang's Excavations in the Sudan: Part One: Text + Part Two: Figures and Plates

by Laszlo Torok and contributions by Inge Hofmann and Istvan Nagy

Book cover: Meroe City

Extent: 467 pages

Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Series: Occasional Publications

Series volume number: 12

Language: English

Hardback (Out of print)

(December 1997)

ISBN: 9780856981371

Price: $23.00

Out of stock

Two volumes publishing John Garstang’s excavations (1909-1914) at Meroe, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Kush in central Sudan. Volume 1, divided in seven parts, describes the excavations, the settlement site, archaeological evidence, textual finds, unprovenanced finds, the mortuary complex, and pottery. Volume 2 provides maps of the site, detailed line drawings of the finds and nearly 250 photographic images.


Two volumes publishing John Garstang’s excavations (1909-1914) at Meroe, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Kush in central Sudan. Volume 1, divided in seven parts, describes the excavations, the settlement site, archaeological evidence, textual finds, unprovenanced finds, the mortuary complex, and pottery. Volume 2 provides maps of the site, detailed line drawings of the finds, and nearly 250 photographic images.

  • By (author) Inge Hofmann
  • By (author) Istvan Nagy
  • By (author) Laszlo Torok