Qustul

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ancient settlement archaeological site

Qustul is an archaeological site in Lower Nubia known for its early Nubian A-Group culture and richly decorated royal tombs.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Qustul canonical	5

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient settlement ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
affectedBy	Aswan High Dam ⓘ
associatedWith	Egyptian Predynastic iconography ⓘ early Nubian kingship ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culture	A-Group ⓘ
discoveredInContextOf	International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign
excavatedBy	Bruce Williams ⓘ Oriental Institute Museum ⓘ surface form: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
hasArchaeologicalFeature	cemetery ⓘ royal tombs ⓘ tumuli ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind	cylinder seals ⓘ decorated pottery ⓘ incense burner with royal iconography ⓘ ivory artifacts ⓘ stone vessels ⓘ
knownFor	Nubian A-Group culture ⓘ early Nubian elite burials ⓘ richly decorated royal tombs ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Nubia ⓘ Nubia ⓘ
locatedNear	Nile ⓘ surface form: Nile River
period	Early Bronze Age ⓘ Predynastic period ⓘ
region	southern Egypt ⓘ
significance	evidence for complex Nubian polities ⓘ evidence for early royal symbolism in Nubia ⓘ insight into Nubia–Egypt interactions in Predynastic times ⓘ
submergedBy	Lake Nasser ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lower Nubia → hasMajorSite → Qustul ⓘ

Ballana → associatedWith → Qustul ⓘ

Nubian A-Group culture → hasCapitalOrCenter → Qustul ⓘ

A-Group → hasTypeSite → Qustul ⓘ

Bruce Williams → workLocation → Qustul ⓘ