Kushite

On top of a granite hill in northern Sudan, a life-sized engraving of a figure might depict a Kushite king, although its exact identity or exactly when it was made are unknown. In the seventh century AD, builders erected a church near the statue, indicating two different faiths had been present in the region. The study published in Antiquity explores this fascinating location, looking at the context of this enigmatic image. Its wider finding is that Miseeda, in the Mahas region, was a long-lived crossroads and not simply the setting for an isolated monument. The church of Miseeda with the petroglyph visible on the rock behind it. (© S. Lenarczyk/ Antiquity Publications Ltd ) Could the Carving Depict a Kushite