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Agriculture along the broad floodplain of the Nile at Karima, Sudan. The river is visible at far left; palm groves are next to the river, and the settlement is in the desert zone farther away from the river.

During the annual flood of the Nile, the water can reach as far as the settlement on the right.

 Nile Cataract

Name: Nile Agriculture

Material: Digital photograph

Size: Unknown

Place of Origin: Nile River, Karima, Sudan

Date: 2006

Location: Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Source and Registration#:
Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition 2006.5957

Geoff Emberling

Former Chief Curator, Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago