The Typhonium of Wad Ben Naga
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Typhonium of Wad Ben Naga
Original language description
In 2009, the Czech National Museum's Archaeological Expedition to Wad Ben Naga launched excavations at the Meroitic site of Wad Ben Naga, located some 130 km northeast of Khartoum. The first seasons focused on revisiting the excavations of structures that had been excavated by the Sudanese Antiquities expedition between 1958 and 1960. Since 2011, the Expedition has been engaged in the exploration of the hitherto unexcavated Kom A. According to the records of the early European and American visitors to the Middle Nile region, the kom was dominated by ruins of a temple, or more precisely, by pillars decorated with depiction of the god Bes. The originally Egyptian god, then identified with the Greek mythological creature Typhon, inspired the structure's modern name. The Typhonium [WBN 200] (as well as the site of Wad Ben Naga itself) was first described in 1821/1822 by Frédéric Cailliaud, and its ruins remained in the centre of attention of both travellers and scholars visiting Wad Ben Naga until the pillars disappeared later in the 19th century. The recent excavations revealed a multi-roomed temple with a unique architectural design, which once stood in a more extensive temple complex. It was presumably located on the northern side of the main processional avenue leading to the site's main sanctuary - the so-called Isis Temple (WBN 300). The temple is built of adobes and burnt bricks with a limited use of sandstone for special architectural features (door jambs, architraves, threshold, pillars etc.). Based on the epigraphic evidence, supported by the radiocarbon dating, the temple proper - which most likely replaced an older structure - was built by King Natakamani, since his cartouches were found on a fragment of wall painting that once decorated the walls of the main sanctuary.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA13-09594S" target="_blank" >GA13-09594S: Exploration of the Meroitic Royal City at Wad Ben Naga (Sudan)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
Nubian Archaeology in the XXIst Century
ISBN
978-90-429-3672-0
ISSN
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e-ISSN
neuvedeno
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
415-422
Publisher name
Peeters Publishers
Place of publication
Leuven
Event location
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Event date
Sep 1, 2014
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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