event · evt_kawa_new_kingdom_foundation
New Kingdom establishment of Kawa
The settlement may have originated under Akhenaten, while the earliest surviving structural evidence is associated with Tutankhamun’s reign.
What is the evidence?
observation
The settlement may have originated under Akhenaten, while the earliest surviving structural evidence is associated with Tutankhamun’s reign.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1350 BCE–1320 BCE
Precision: range
moderateThis assertion records the event’s preferred range without suppressing narrower samples, phase uncertainty, or competing chronology noted elsewhere in the record.
- informs · dates
Kawa Excavation Project — Sudan Archaeological Research SocietyProvides both the proposal and the stronger structural evidence.
Locator: Project overview; Akhenaten suggestion and Tutankhamun structural evidence
Interpretation and caveats
Kawa formed part of an Egyptian institutional network in Upper Nubia, but the suggested foundation and the earliest structural phase must remain separate chronological propositions.
Event context
Classification
Event type: settlement and temple foundation
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Kawa
Why it matters to the timeline
This event directly documents the North African research scope in Nubia and Nile–Sahara connections. It is included for its regional evidence rather than merely because it is contemporary.
Research notes
- Provides both the proposal and the stronger structural evidence. Role: provides site history. Locator: Project overview; Akhenaten suggestion and Tutankhamun structural evidence.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides site history
Kawa Excavation Project — Sudan Archaeological Research SocietyProvides both the proposal and the stronger structural evidence.
Locator: Project overview; Akhenaten suggestion and Tutankhamun structural evidence
Referenced records
- Kawa · entity