The Kerma culture or the Kingdom of Kerma was an early civilization centered in Kerma, Sudan, in ancient Nubia. The culture developed from around 2500 BC, reaching its peak between 1750 BC and 1500 BC
Kerma
Tumulus from Kerma c. 2450 BC, National Museum of Sudan
Vessels from Sai island, Kerma culture, c. 2500-1500 BC. On display at the Musée du Louvre.
Daggers of bone and copper, 1750–1450 BC, Kerma, British Museum EA55442
The Kingdom of Kush, also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
Kushite heartland, and Kushite Empire of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, c. 700 BC
Megaliths from Nabta Playa displayed in the Aswan Nubian museum
"A-Group" style, Nubian pottery, Musee du Louvre
Kerma bowl, 1700-1550 BC. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston