From 1909 to 1914 John Garstang explored Meroe, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Kush, which is situated about 220 kilometers north of the city Khartoum in today's Sudan. He discovered 1912 the socalled Royal Baths. Garstang had to terminate his work because of the World War I. and did not submit a comprehensive documentation of the complex of buildings. Only in the sixties of the 20th century the work was taken up again in 11 seasons under the...