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      Of Kings and Horses: Two New Horse Skeletons from the Royal Cemetery at el-Kurru, Sudan

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      Journal: Archaeology International
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      Keywords: Sudan, Nile valley, el-Kurru, Kushite, horse burials, Shebitqo

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          This article presents the zooarchaeological evidence from two horse burials at the royal cemetery of el-Kurru, Sudan. The skeletons, whose survival after excavation was unknown, were recently rediscovered in storage in the Sudan National Museum. The article outlines the archaeological context of these specimens, their importance for research on equids in the ancient Nile valley and the first results of their zooarchaeological analysis.

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            New osteological criteria for the identification of domestic horses, donkeys and their hybrids in archaeological contexts

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              Symbolic equids and Kushite state formation: a horse burial at Tombos

              Michele R. Buzon, Stuart Tyson Smith, Sarah A. Schrader … (2018)
              The recent discovery of a well-preserved horse burial at the Third Cataract site of Tombos illuminates the social significance of equids in the Nile Valley. The accompanying funerary assemblage includes one of the earliest securely dated pieces of iron in Africa. The Third Intermediate Period (1050–728 BC) saw the development of the Nubian Kushite state beyond the southern border of Egypt. Analysis of the mortuary and osteological evidence suggests that horses represented symbols of a larger social, political and economic movement, and that the horse gained symbolic meaning in the Nile Valley prior to its adoption by the Kushite elite. This new discovery has important implications for the study of the early Kushite state and the formation of Kushite social identity.
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                Journal ID (publisher-id): ai
                Title: Archaeology International
                Publisher: UCL Press (UK )
                ISSN (Electronic): 2048-4194
                Publication date (Electronic): 30 December 2020
                Volume: 23
                Issue: 1
                Pages: 122-137
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                [1] 1UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK
                [2] 2Alumna UCL, UK
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                DOI: 10.14324/111.444.ai.2020.10
                SO-VID: 98c62882-a680-449f-be3b-947012a7e60d
                Copyright © Copyright © 2020, Claudia Näser and Giulia Mazzetti
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Archaeology,Cultural studies
                Keywords: Shebitqo,Sudan,Nile valley,el-Kurru,Kushite,horse burials
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