Askut
Askut (also known in ancient Egypt as Djer-Setiu) was an ancient Egyptian island fortress in the Middle Kingdom on the Nile, which was built for the purpose of securing the border to Nubia.[1] Since the completion of the Aswan High Dam, the island has been flooded with Lake Nubia.
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Lake Nubia, 2003
The fort, about 351 kilometers south of Aswan was built by Sesostris III. It measured 77 × 87 meters.[2] The protective wall had a thickness of 5.3 meters and had spur-like bastions. The highly fortified entrance protected a temple and warehouses along the harbor. Inside the castle were a commander's house and barracks.[3] Pottery has been unearthed at the site dated to the early 13th Dynasty.[4]
References
- University of California, Berkeley. Archaeological Research Facility (1999). Contributions of the University of California Archaeological Research Facility. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- Arnold, Dieter (2003). The Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture. I.B.Tauris. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-86064-465-8. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- Smith, Stuart Tyson (1995). Askut in Nubia: the economics and ideology of Egyptian imperialism in the second millennium B.C. Kegan Paul International. ISBN 978-0-7103-0500-8. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- Actes de la VIIIe Conférence internationale des études nubiennes: Études. Université Charles de Gaulle-Lille III. 1998. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
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