Jebel Barkal. Gods Queens and Archaeologists under the Mountain

...a Nubian King and a powerful Queen built a great city, between desert, the Nile, and Jebel Barkal, the Pure Mountain. Studies conducted all around the Sudan by archaeologists and historians also tell us about the deities that these Meroites worshipped and to whom they dedicated impressive temples. But how can an Archaeological Mission gain all this information? What people does it consist of, and, above all, what do they do?