Royal City Naga: Excavation in the Sudan Desert

From 30 Aug 2011 to 17 Dec 2011

31 August - 18 December. An exhibition at the Kunstforum presents the discoveries of an archaeological team from Berlin's Egyptian Museum which, for the last 15 years, has been excavating in Naga, in the Sudan Desert.

Naga was once a royal city during the reigning Meroitic kingdom about 2,000 years ago. The German archaeologists found large reliefs containing an undeciphered script as well as sculptures and statues of gods, kings and lions.

130 of these artefacts are on show and offer new insights into Sudan's historic and cultural heritage.