Aniba (Nubia)

[1] The earliest remains at Aniba date to around 3000 BC and belong to the A-Group culture.

In the Middle Kingdom (about 2000 to 1700 BC) the region was ruled by Egyptians and in the Twelfth Dynasty a fortress with a small town was built.

Around the town were huge cemeteries, some of them belonging to Nubians, but other tombs were erected in purely Egyptian style.

One rather simple tomb belonged to the Viceroy of Kush Pinehesy, an important person also known from other sources.

[2] C-Group, Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom metalwork from Aniba was recently analysed and found out to be made of arsenical copper and tin bronze, and sourced likely as far as Cyprus.