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title: "The Archers of Kerma: Warrior Image and Birth of a State"
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authors: ["matthieuhonegger.md"]
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abstract: A research programme conducted by the Swiss archaeological mission in
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abstract: "A research programme conducted by the Swiss archaeological mission in
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the oldest sectors of the Eastern Cemetery of Kerma has uncovered
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several dozen archers\' tombs. The appearance of these armed warriors
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several dozen archers' tombs. The appearance of these armed warriors
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dating from ca. 2300 BC onwards can be put in parallel with the
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resumption of commercial activities between Egypt and Nubia, illustrated
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by the Harkhuf expeditions. The archers and their warrior attributes
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article proposes to describe these Kerma archers, and then to look at
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the evolution of funerary rites that show in their own way how a social
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hierarchy emerges that will lead to the birth of a state, in this
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instance the kingdom of Kerma.
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instance the kingdom of Kerma."
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keywords: []
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