List of archaeological sites in Sudan

This list of archaeological sites in Sudan lists all sites that are archaeologically significant in Sudan .

Location	Type	Culture	Coordinates	comment
Aksha	egyptian temple	New Kingdom ( Ramses II. )		In Nasser set. A temple wall in the Sudan National Museum .
Old Dunqula	city	Capital of the Christian Empire of Makuria	18 ° 13 '  N , 030 ° 45'  E	ongoing excavations since 1964
Banganarti	church	Christian Empire of Makuria	18 ° 10 '  N , 030 ° 46'  E	numerous well-preserved frescoes, probably a pilgrimage church
Basa	Meroitic temple	Kingdom of Kush
Booing	Fortress, temple	Middle Kingdom , New Kingdom		Egyptian fortress on the border with the kingdom of Kerma ; perished today in Lake Nasser, Temple of Khartoum displaced
Faras	city	Capital of the Christian empire Nobatia , but also finds from other epochs;		Sunk today in Lake Nasser . Most important Christian frescoes from Sudan (today in Khartoum and Warsaw ).
Gala Abu Ahmed	Fortress made of rubble stones, approx. 125 × 180 m in size	Kingdom of Kush, Napatan phase	17 ° 46 '  N , 029 ° 55'  E	Located in the western desert, on Wadi Howar
Gebel Barkal	City, various temples, palaces, pyramids	New Kingdom, Kingdom of Kush	18 ° 32'05.0 "  N , 031 ° 49'53.0"  E	Most important religious center ("Holy Mountain") of the kingdom of Kush
Hamadab	City and temple	Kingdom of Kush, Meroitic phase	16 ° 54 '42.0 "  N , 033 ° 41' 31.0"  E
Hillat al-Arab	graveyard	Egyptian New Kingdom until approx. 750 BC Chr.	18 ° 30 ′ 34.0 "  N , 031 ° 48 ′ 31.0"  E
Kageras	Fortress with church	Christian period
Kawa	City, temple complex	Kingdom of Kush	19 ° 06 ′  N , 030 ° 32 ′  E	one of the most important cities of the kingdom of Kush
Kerma	City, various temples, cemeteries	Kerma period, kingdom of Kush		Capital of the Kerma state
Kumma	Fortress, temple	Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom	21 ° 30 ′ 00.0 ″  N , 030 ° 58 ′ 00.0 ″  E	Egyptian fortress on the border with the kingdom of Kerma; Sunk today in Lake Nasser, temple moved to Khartoum
al-Kurru	Pyramids, tumuli (royal cemetery)	Kingdom of Kush (pre-Napatan and Napatan periods)
al-Meragh	settlement	Empire of Kush (Napatan period)
Meroe	City, various temples, pyramids (royal and elite cemeteries)	Kingdom of Kush , predominantly Meroitic epoch	16 ° 56 '11.0 "  N , 033 ° 42' 39.0"  E	Capital of the Empire of Cush in the Meroitic period
al-Musawwarat as-sufra	Temple complex	Empire of Kush and shortly thereafter	16 ° 24 '57.0 "  N , 033 ° 19' 25.0"  E
Naqa	City, temples	Kingdom of Kush, Meroitic phase	16 ° 16 '  N , 033 ° 17'  E	Visited since the 19th century, excavations going on for several years
Nuri	Pyramids (royal cemetery)	Kingdom of Cush and Christian period	18 ° 33 '  N , 031 ° 53'  E
Es-Sadda	various cemeteries, remains of settlements	Paleolithic , Kerma , post-Meroitic, possibly Christian	19 ° 16 ′ 40.0 ″  N , 032 ° 43 ′ 00.0 ″  E	were briefly examined in 2004
Sai	City, cemeteries	Kerma, New Kingdom, Kingdom of Kush		Second most important center of the Kerma culture
Sharq al-Ahmar	dam	Kingdom of Kush		only previously known dam in the kingdom of Kusch, 16-18 m long and approx. 8 m wide
Schofein	fortress	Christian period
Sedeinga	temple	New Kingdom ( Amenhotep III )		Temple for the deified Queen Teje
Semna	Fortress, temple	Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom		Egyptian fortress on the border with the kingdom of Kerma; Sunk today in Lake Nasser, temple moved to Khartoum
Sesebi	City, temple	New Kingdom (temple especially Amenhotep IV. )
Soleb	temple	New Kingdom (Amenhotep III)		Temple for the deified king; one of the largest and most important temples in Nubia
Tabo	Temple and city	Kingdom of Kush
Tanqasi	Tumuli cemetery (princely graves)	Post-Meroite era	18 ° 23 '38.0 "  N , 031 ° 48' 50.0"  E
Umm Ruweim	palace-like building	post-meroitic	18 ° 25 '  N , 031 ° 59'  E	In Wadi Abu Dom
Wad ben Naga	Settlement, temple complex, palace	Kingdom of Kush	16 ° 30 '40.0 "  N , 033 ° 06'44.0"  E
Zankor	Settlement / center of an ancient Cordofan culture	1st - 13th century	13 ° 51 '33.0 "  N , 027 ° 57' 47.0"  E	In the Wadi el-Melek
Zuma	Tumuli cemetery (princely graves)	Post-Meroite era	18 ° 22 ′ 09.0 ″  N , 031 ° 44 ′ 32.0 ″  E

Remarks

1. ↑ Friederike Jesse, Rudolph Kuper: Gala Abu Ahmed - A fortress on Wadi Howar , In: Der Antike Sudan 15 (2004), pp. 137–42
2. ^ Derek A. Welsby : The Mediaval Kingdoms of Nubia , London 2002, p. 134, fi. 48 ISBN 0-7141-1947-4
3. ↑ Marek Chlodnicksi, Bogdan Zurawski: From Khor Umm Ghizlan to Shemkhiya, Archaeological Survey in the Fourth Cataract region, December 2004 In: Polish archeology in the Mediterranean XVI, reports in 2004 , 2005, pp 371-72
4. ↑ Derek A. Welsby: The Mediaval Kingdoms of Nubia , London 2002, p. 134 ISBN 0-7141-1947-4

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