Travel Tip: Art and Archaeology in United States The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma, 2500-1500 B.C.
The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma, 2500-1500 B.C. UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. • Smithsonian National Museum of African Art • ongoing
This exhibition of 40 objects is drawn from the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It celebrates Kerma, the capital of the kingdom known to the ancient Egyptians as Kush. Kerma is the oldest known African city south of Egypt that has been excavated.