Kawa, Sudan — Wikipedia

Kawa, known as Gematon ("Aten is perceived") in ancient Egyptian texts and as Patigga or Patinga during Greco-Roman times, is a town and archaeological site in Sudan, located between the third and fourth cataracts of the Nile on the east bank of the river, across from Dongola. In ancient times it was the site of several temples to the Egyptian god Amun, built by the pharaohs Amenhotep III, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, and by Taharqa and other kings of Kush. Westerners became aware of the site in the late 19th century. Small digs were carried out in 1929 and 1930 and an extensive excavation...