This Kerma Ancien (c. 2500 - 2050 BC) cemetery had some very well preserved tomb monuments. One had a ring of small stones set on edge, many remaining visible on the surface just as they were placed over 4000 years ago.

Graves of the Kerma Moyen period (c. 2050 - 1750 BC) were excavated at Site P37. The large circular grave pits contained many pots and also sacrificed sheep/goats and, in one case, a dog.

A small medieval cemetery of box graves close to the banks of the Nile.

Team members: Adam Ishag Ahmed, Karen Barker, Elizabeth Bettles, Sarah Blakeney, Melanie Brunning, Simon Butler, Rupert Detheridge, Steve Dobson, El Hassan Ahmed Mohammed, Fathi Abdul Hamid Salih Khider, Richard Gregory, David Hooker, Margaret Judd, Helen Kehoe, Jackie Miller, Simon Mortimer, Daryl Palmer, Helen Poplett, Tom Rutledge, Isabella Welsby Sjöström, John-Gordon Swogger, DaveThomas, Nick Wells, Derek Welsby (director), Kevin Woodbridge. Visiting specialists: Mark Macklin, Pippa Pearce, Barbara Wills, Jamie Woodward.

A qubba constructed of mud brick.

Many cemeteries were located. Particularly numerous were those of the Neolithic period which were prominent mounds. Kerma tumuli were in places well preserved and covered in white quartzite pebbles and fragments of black stone. Medieval box graves were almost exclusively located close to the river as were the Islamic period qubba, tombs of holy men.

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