Nubia Lost Kingdoms of the Nile

• In 1906, George A. Reisner, at the request of the Egyptian government, began
an extensive survey of northern Nubia backed by Harvard University and the
Museum Fine Arts, Boston. Plans to expand the original Aswan Dam made the
survey necessary.
• From 1913 – 1932, Reisner and his team continued to move further south
surveying the area between the first and sixth cataract (large rapid). See map
• When the surveying concluded, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston received half
of what was found and the Cairo Museum received the other half.