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  • Musawwarat es-Sufra

  • Musawwarat es-Sufra

    Musawwarat es-Sufra is a large Meroitic temple complex in modern Sudan. The site is dating back to the 3rd century BC. Al-Musawarat Al-Sufra was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011 as part of Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe.
    The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe.
    World Heritage Site
    Musawwarat es-Sufra
    by C Roner, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Musawwarat es-Sufra
    by Ron Van Oers, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, via Wikimedia Commons
    Musawwarat es-Sufra
    by Hans Birger Nilsen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 428 m

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    Musawwarat es-Sufra

    World Heritage Site

    Date of Inscription

    2011

    temple

    Ancient Temples

    Location

    Sudan

    River Nile

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    First Millennium BC

    Kingdom of Kush

    Kingdom of Kush

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    kushite Monuments

     

     

     

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