This volume is the first of twelve scheduled to present the materials
excavated under the direction of Professor Keith C. Seele in a
concession that extended from the Abu Simbel temples to the Sudan
frontier in two seasons, 1962-63 and 1963-64. It presents, in detail,
Cemetery L at Qustul, which is a small cemetery containing unusually
large and wealthy tombs of A-Group. The tombs, badly plundered and fire
damaged, contained pharaonic images on A-Group objects, indicating that
they belonged to rulers from the period before Egypt's First Dynasty.
Many finds are unique; decorated objects give direct evidence in context
for the date of famous carved stone and ivory objects from early Egypt.
This lavishly illustrated volume details the elaborate A-Group painted
pottery and decorated objects as well as more common finds, with
individual chapters on the tombs, pottery, small objects, epigraphy, and
a discussion of the special importance of Cemetery L in early Nubia with
its possible role in the development of pharaonic Egypt.