[1] Dukki Gel was inhabited between 1800 BC to 400 AD and was occupied by a coalition of African rulers from the south around 1700 BC during the Classical Kerma period, and later by Ancient Egyptian and Nubian officials during the new kingdom period.
[1] The settlement is located less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of the city of Kerma,[1] and shows distinctive Sub Saharan influences architecturally distinct from Kerma with more rounded structures.
[2] During the Egyptian conquest in the new kingdom, the third pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt Thutmose I founded a new city neighbouring Dukki Gel just North of it.
[3][4] Doukki Gel means "red hill" in a Nubian dialect and was named by archaeologists.
When the military commanders of Thutmose I reached Dokki Gel in the early 15th century BC, they discovered the city.