Kerma (now known as Doukki Gel—a Nubian term which can be roughly translated as "red mound") was the capital city of the Kingdom of Kerma, in present day Egypt and Sudan, an archaeological site as old as 5,000 years. It became a real Nubian state during the 3rd millennium BC. Kerma was about away from Aswan. Early settlement Human populations settled in the Kerma Basin at a very early date, as witnessed by several Mesolithic and Neolithic sites. The earliest traces of a human presence in… (More on Kerma)