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  • Soba

  • Soba

    Soba is the former capital of the medieval Nubian kingdom of Alodia. The site includes a group of ruins on the Blue Nile 19 kilometres from Khartoum, where there are remains of a Meroitic temple that had been converted into a Christian church.
    Archaeological Site
    Soba
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    Soba

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Sudan

    Khartoum

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    8th Century AD

    Kingdom of Alodia

    Islamic

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    Christian Monuments

     

     

     

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