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Excavation ongoing places tagged “jebel barkal”

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🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid

Hillat el-Arab Cemetery — Jebel Barkal South

New Kingdom to early Napatan, c.1200-750 BCE (Ramesside to 25th Dynasty) · Ancient Egyptian / Kushite

Hillat el-Arab cemetery 3 km south of Jebel Barkal at foot of holy mountain: tumuli, mastabas and small steep pyramids (6-8 m base) with painted chapels for Kushite elite 1200-750 BCE.