El-Hobagi. Une nécropole de rang impérial au Soudan Central. Deux tumulus sur sept. Epigraphie Religion the Epic of Gilgamesh or

the Epic of Gilgamesh or Mesopotamian astrology… Since the rediscovery

these everyday objects form sometimes imposing masses to be collected during the construction site

but also lesser-known characters such as the cruel “king of India” Mihirakoula who owned 2

Long-Distance Exchanges in Mesopotamia in the 1st Millennium

El-Hobagi. Une nécropole de rang impérial au Soudan Central. Deux tumulus sur sept. Epigraphie Religion the Epic of Gilgamesh orThe Late Meroe period is well known in Nubia, through the royal tombs of Qustoul and Ballana, and through the excavations of capitals at Faras and Gebel Adda. To document the period in the Meroe region itself, the French Section surveyed the monuments at the el Hobagi site in 1987 1990. Of the seven large royal burial mounds, all enclosed by a highly original enclosure wall, two were excavated. Each tomb yields an exceptional weaponry, emblematic of