Al-Meragh is an archaeological site in Sudan. It is situated in the Wadi Muqaddam approximately 227 kilometres (141 mi) north of Omdurman in the Bayuda, an area that today is largely desert. A buried Napatan settlement was discovered at al-Meragh in...
Kandake, kadake or kentake (Meroitic: 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡, romanized: kdke), often Latinised as Candace (Ancient Greek: Κανδάκη, romanized: Kandákē), was one Meroitic term for a queen or queen mother of Kingdom of Kush. It is attested for six or seven women. Some...
Nubia ( NEW-bee-uh; Nobiin: Nⲟ̅ⲩ̅ⲡⲁ; Arabic: النُوبَة, romanized: an-Nūba) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (near Khartoum in central Sudan) and the First Cataract (south of...
Elephantine ( EL-if-an-TY-nee, -TEE-; Ancient Egyptian: 𓍋𓃀𓅱𓃰, romanized: ꜣbw; Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة الفنتين; Greek: Ἐλεφαντίνη Elephantíne; Coptic: (Ⲉ)ⲓⲏⲃ transl. cop – transl. (e)iēb, Coptic pronunciation: [jæb]) is an island on the Nile, forming...
A hafir, or haffir, is an artificially constructed water catchment basin with a circular earthen wall and diameters of between 70–250 metres (230–820 ft) and heights of up to 7 metres (23 ft) Adapted to semi-desert conditions, the hafirs catch the...
The Kingdom of Kush, also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt. The region of Nubia was an early cradle of civilization,...
The kingdom of al-Abwab (Arabic: الأبواب, al-Ɂabwāb, "The Doors" or "The Gates") was a medieval Nubian monarchy in present-day central Sudan. Initially the most northerly province of Alodia, it appeared as an independent kingdom from 1268/69....
Kushite religion is the traditional belief system and pantheon of deities associated with the Ancient Kushites, who founded the Kingdom of Kush in the land of Nubia (also known as Ta-Seti) in present-day Sudan. The core influence and recorded...
The Butana (Arabic: البطانة, Buṭāna), historically called the Island of Meroë, is the region between the Atbara and the Nile in Sudan. South of Khartoum it is bordered by the Blue Nile and in the east by Lake Tana in Ethiopia. It should not be...
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