entity · site_gala_abu_ahmed
Gala Abu Ahmed
A large dry-stone fortified complex in lower Wadi Howar whose Napatan material attribution may begin near the atlas endpoint.
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.
900 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides site history
Gala Abu Ahmed, Sudan: Project Overview — University of Cologne, Forschungsstelle AfrikaProvides the site description and uncertainty.
Locator: Project overview; dimensions, chronology, and function statement - informs · contextualizes
Wadi Hower National Park – Gala Abou Ahmed — UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Republic of the Sudan (2022)Places the site within the wider landscape.
Locator: Gala Abu Ahmed and Wadi Howar summary
Research description
The site’s monumental architecture is clear, but its function and earliest chronology remain debated. The project summary assigns material to the ninth-to-fourth-century BCE Napatan period while reporting radiocarbon dates chiefly from 700–400 BCE. This package therefore represents only a cautious possible ninth-century overlap and does not backdate the mature fortress or a Napatan frontier state to the late second millennium.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides site history
Gala Abu Ahmed, Sudan: Project Overview — University of Cologne, Forschungsstelle AfrikaProvides the site description and uncertainty.
Locator: Project overview; dimensions, chronology, and function statement - informs · contextualizes
Wadi Hower National Park – Gala Abou Ahmed — UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Republic of the Sudan (2022)Places the site within the wider landscape.
Locator: Gala Abu Ahmed and Wadi Howar summary