This digitised photo negative from Garstang’s 1910 excavations of Meroë, shows a basalt statue. The statue was found in the Lion Temple and it depicts a ‘Royal Figure’.

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This digitised #photo was originally taken in 1910 during Garstang’s #excavations at the ancient Sudanese settlement of #Meroë. The image shows a decorated #column discovered at site 266 (#Temple of Amun). It is part of Garstang’s glass plate negatives, now housed at the museum.
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Steps leading up to an inscribed wall discovered at site 250 (Sun Temple) at the ncient Sudanese settlement of Meroë.

This digitised glass plate #negative shows steps leading up to an inscribed wall discovered at site 250 (#Sun #Temple). The original #photo was taken in 1910 during Garstang’s #excavations at the ancient Sudanese settlement of #Meroë.
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