Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe
World Heritage
Sudan
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The archaeological site of Meroe, a semi-desert landscape located between the Nile and Atbara rivers, was the heart of the Kingdom of Kush, a major power from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. The site includes the royal city of the Kushite kings at Meroe near the Nile, and the nearby religious sanctuaries of Naqqa and Sufra. It was the seat of the rulers who occupied Egypt for nearly a century and contains, among other remains, pyramids, temples and civil buildings, as well as major facilities related to water management. Their vast empire stretched from the Mediterranean to the heart of Africa, and the site bears witness to the exchange of art, architecture, religion and language between the two regions.
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Information extracted from Wikidata
| KulturNav-ID | 21327 |
| IPA transcription | 2205996 |
| office held by head of the organization | http://g.co/kg/m/02lds2 |
| Commons category | Meroe |
| inception | -2500-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| dissolved, abolished or demolished date | -1500-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| coordinate location | Point(33.75075 16.935138888) |
| described by source | Amsterdam |
| image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sudan%20Meroe%20Pyramids%202001.JPG |
| instance of | historical country |
| located in the administrative territorial entity | River Nile |
| executive body | Meroe |
| area | 1718.031 |
| applies to part | buffer zone |