A fortified site near WADI HALFA on the Nile in NUBIA, modern Sudan, Amara was founded by SETI I (r. 1306–1290 B.C.E.). There are two settlements involved in Amara, on the eastern and western banks of the river. Amara West was a vast FORTRESS complex with enclosing walls and defenses. Amara East dates to the Meroitic Period (c. 300 B.C.E.–350 A.D.). The remains of a Ramessid temple, probably erected by RAMESSES II (r. 1290–1224 B.C.E.), and a necropolis were discovered here.
