Korosko was a settlement on theNile River in EgyptianNubia. It was located 118 miles (190 km) south ofAswan and served as the point of departure forcaravans avoiding theDongola bend in the river by striking out directly across the desert toAbu Hamad and thereby bypassing thesecond, third and fourth cataracts of the Nile. The "Korosko route" or "Korosoko road" was in use during the period of theNew Kingdom (1550–1077 BC), when PharaohsThutmose I andThutmose III marked it with boundarystelae. During theMeroitic period it was the main connection between theKingdom of Kush and the Mediterranean world.[1]
Korosko was only replaced in this function byWadi Halfa after the construction of theSudan Military Railroad during the 1890s amid theMahdi War. Although the railway employed adifferent gauge and was not connected to theEgyptian system, the two networks were connected directly bysteamboat and Korosko, between them, diminished in importance.[2]
Its former location was flooded byLake Nasser upon the completion of theAswan High Dam.
