Enviable location of Laténium Lake Neuchâtel, close to Neuchâtel is located - admirably designed the new museum on the history of the stilt houses and the Roman period in the region around Lake Neuchâtel - worth seeing even the thematically attractive special! This companion volume to the exhibition "Aux origines of Pharaons Noirs" presents fortunately over the artifacts shown in two attractive rooms and views of the current to mid-May 2015 special exhibition on the history of "black pharaohs". After introducing the audience finds the following thematic parts: Nubia between river, desert and savannah, the world of the dead - cemeteries and funeral rites, the living world - from the settlements of the sedentary to the first cities and a short chapter on the Foundation Kerma , The enlightening illustrated book, accompanied by a pleasant-to-read accompanying, unfortunately has a somewhat short held bibliography. Appreciate very positive is the reference to the site of the archaeological mission of the Swiss in Kerma, which opens the way to further information and references. Anyone interested in the history of "Ancient Egypt", associated with this companion book to the exhibition in Laténium a valuable because notable specialist book which deals with a previously known as in the wider public issue.
