Homepage Timeline Maps A-Z index Learning

Buhen, a kiln for smelting copper excavated at the site
(images from top to bottom: lowest level; middle level; section)


after: Emery 1963: 118, fig. 1
(the kiln is about one metre in diameter)

The interpretation of the kiln as being for copper melting is open to question (Nicholson in Arnold/Bourriau 1993: 109).

Copper slag from Buhen (click on it to see a larger image)


 

Copyright © 2000 University College London. All rights reserved.