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@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ archers, on cases of violence, as well as on the phenomena of servitude,
wealth, and funerary ostentation that was co-eval with the birth of the
kingdom and its domination over a large part of Upper Nubia.
# The Eastern Cemetery of Kerma and its new excavation
# The Eastern Cemetery of Kerma and its New Excavation
As part of our programme on the evolution of society in Early Kerma, we
have reinvestigated and completed the excavations of Sectors 23, 27, and
@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ royal burials during the conquest of Kush by the Egyptians of the 18th
Dynasty, about 1500 BC. A last royal grave was erected 4 km to the west,
south of the ancient town of Kerma and dates about 1480 BC.[^16]
# The archers' graves
# The Archers' Graves
From the *Kerma ancien II* to the *Kerma moyen I* phases onwards (Figure
3) all male tombs that we excavated between 2008 and 2018 are equipped
@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ attach a feather.[^38]
**~~Figure 17. Scene representing archers on a rock engraving at the 3rd cataract (Wadi Es-Sabu, 3rd or 2nd millennium BC, height of archers about 15 cm). One of them wears a loin-cloth and all have a head dress made of an ostrich feather, a typical Nubian adornment frequently used by the Egyptians when representing their southern neighbours.~~**
# Evolution of funeral rites and the emergence of a state
# Evolution of Funeral Rites and the Emergence of a State
At Kerma men and boys of all ages are systematically buried with their
archers\' equipment from about 2300 BC onwards and this continues for