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  • Soleb

  • Soleb

    Soleb is one of the oldest historical cities in Nubia, and is currently located in the northern state of Sudan. The site is a necropolis that includes many royal tombs dating back to the periods of the Old Egyptian Kingdom and the Kingdom of Kush, and it also includes a temple built by Amenhotep III.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, The Temple of Soleb.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Soleb
    by Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Soleb

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2022

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Sudan

    Northern

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    Second Millennium BC

    Ancient Egyptians

    Kingdom of Kush

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    Ancient Egyptian & Kushite Monuments

     

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