Amara West

Amara West

Amara West, on the west bank and across the Nile to Abri town, was occupied before the reign of the 19th dynasty pharaoh Seti I (1290-1279 BC), though a number of 18th dynasty monuments have been found at the site, including a monumental stela of Amenhotep II, perhaps moved from elsewhere, and a number of administrative seals bearing earlier pharaoh’s names.

Amara West was designed as a center for the control of occupied upper Nubia, it flourished for 200 years.

Remains are for a mud-brick town, with walls of (100x100m), with external towers at each corner, with gates sets in to the town walls, the sandstone west gate once brightly painted and decorated with the names of Ramses II depicting pharaoh fighting against Nubians,the courtyard contained two steals for Ramses II recording his marriage and also & a blessing from the god Ptah.

The temple is nearly a quarter of the town space, built with sandstone, still preserved to a hight above of 2 meters.