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Kerma was the capital city of the Kerma culture, which was founded in present-day Sudan before 3500 BC. [1] [2] Kerma is one of the largest archaeological sites in ancient Nubia. It has produced decades of extensive excavations and research, including thousands of graves and tombs and the residential quarters of the main city surrounding the ...
Satellite image of the Sudan Location of Sudan. Sudan is located in Northeast Africa.It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest.
Map of Sudan showing Selima Oasis. Selima Oasis is an oasis in the Sudan located 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of the Third Cataract of the Nile and the ancient site of Amara West. It lies along the Darb al-Arbaʿīn (Forty Days' Road), a desert track linking Kordofan with Egypt.
Map of Sudan from 2011 with South Sudan independent. The history of Sudan refers to the territory that today makes up Republic of the Sudan and the state of South Sudan, which became independent in 2011. The territory of Sudan is geographically part of a larger African region, also known by the term "Sudan".
The National Museum of Sudan or Sudan National Museum, abbreviated SNM, is a two-story building, constructed in 1955 and established as national museum in 1971. The building and its surrounding gardens house the largest and most comprehensive Nubian archaeological collection in the world, including objects from the Paleolithic through to the ...
Sudan accepted the convention on 6 June 1974. [3] There are three World Heritage Sites in Sudan, with a further 15 on the tentative list. [3] The first site to be listed to in Sudan was Jebel Barkal and its associated sites in 2003.
A map of Sudan. The Hala'ib Triangle has been under contested Egyptian administration since 2000. A Köppen climate classification map of Sudan. Sudan is situated in North Africa, with an 853 km (530 mi) coastline bordering the Red Sea. [204] It has land borders with Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Chad, and ...
Naqa or Naga'a (Arabic: ٱلـنَّـقْـعَـة, romanized: An-Naqʿah) is a ruined ancient city of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë in modern-day Sudan.The ancient city lies about 170 km (110 miles) north-east of Khartoum, and about 50 km (31 miles) east of the Nile River located at approximately MGRS 36QWC290629877.