The excavations at these cemeteries provide a full range of X-Group
objects, dated to the fourth through sixth centuries a.d. Of special
interest is the military equipment, including many decorated quivers,
parts of several unusual light composite bows, and a saddle date to the
late fourth century. The most important discoveries were the complexes
of chapels and animal sacrifice pits found beside royal tombs at Qustul.
The arrangement of these Noubadian royal funerary complexes can be
related to others in Sudan indicating the existence of a widespread and
long-lasting funerary tradition.