🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Amara West
New Kingdom to Third Intermediate/Napatan (1300–800 BCE) · Egyptian colonial and Nubian (Kushite)
Viceregal capital of Egyptian Kush (1300–800 BCE), 200×200 m walled town with 300+ pyramid tombs.
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🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom to Third Intermediate/Napatan (1300–800 BCE) · Egyptian colonial and Nubian (Kushite)
Viceregal capital of Egyptian Kush (1300–800 BCE), 200×200 m walled town with 300+ pyramid tombs.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1850–1000 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom–New Kingdom)
Rectangular island fortress (c.1850 BCE, renovated through New Kingdom) on second cataract islet, granary and customs depot between Semna and Mirgissa.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom to early Kushite (1500–1000 BCE) · Egyptianized Nubian (New Kingdom Egyptian–Nubian elite)
Largely unsalvaged New Kingdom to early Kushite pyramid cemetery 22 km north of Semna system, with 15+ steep mudbrick pyramids (base 8–12 m, height inferred 10–15 m) over shaft tombs of Egyptianized…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic to Christian Nubian, Ottoman · Meroitic, Nobadian, Makurian Christian
Mound of Faras (Pachoras), twin to Qasr Ibrim as source of largest Christian Nubian frescoes corpus — 169 frescoes cut from cathedral walls by Polish mission of Kazimierz Michałowski (1961–64) before…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom to Third Intermediate/Napatan (1200–750 BCE) · Egyptian colonial and Kushite (Napatan)
Napatan rock-cut cemetery 3 km south Jebel Barkal (1200–750 BCE), pyramids 4–6 m base, rock tombs.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan–Meroitic (683 BCE–350 CE) with New Kingdom predecessor · Kushite (Napatan/Meroitic) with Egyptian Pharonic legacy
Napatan holy city of Gematen (Kawa) with Taharqa's Temple T (683 BCE) and pyramid cemetery.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Kerma Ancien to Late (c.2500–1500 BCE; Napatan reuse 900 BCE) · Kerma culture (Nubian / Sudanese) – precursors to Kush/Napata/Meroe
2500 BCE Nubian capital with 19 m Deffufa temple and tumuli – first sub-Saharan city, excavated 1977–.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Bronze Age, Classic Kerma (c.1750–1500 BCE, contemporary with Egyptian Second Intermediate Period–early New Kingdom) · Kerma culture (Nubian, Kingdom of Kush — pre-Napatan)
Tumulus KIII is among the largest royal tumuli in the Kerma Eastern and Western cemeteries capping the Kerma capital of the Dongola Reach (≈150 ha, oldest sub-Saharan city).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma (2500–1500 BCE), Classic Kerma 1750–1500 BCE · Kerma Culture (Nubian Kush)
Monumental mudbrick temple-massif 19 m high (52x27 m base) forming religious heart of Kerma, capital of the 3000-year-old Kerma Culture (2500–1500 BCE), one of Africa's earliest urban civilizations…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (early to late Meroitic) · Kushite (Meroitic)
Meroitic royal city and temple town 50 km east of Nile, famed for co-built Temple of Apedemak (Natakamani & Amanitore, 1st century CE) with twin pylons covered in lion-god reliefs, Roman kiosk and…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan to Meroitic and Christian (680 BCE–500 CE) · Kushite (Napatan/Meroitic)
Kushite temple mound on Argo Island (Taharqa, 700 BCE), 75.6 m Amun temple, 15 m high mound.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom (Egyptian colonial) to Napatan/Third Intermediate (1300–750 BCE) · Egyptian colonial and indigenous Nubian (Kerma–Napatan)
Third Cataract Egyptian colonial and Nubian tumulus cemetery (1450–750 BCE), granite quarry island, pyramid chapels.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Medieval to Ottoman (12th–20th c CE) · Beja–Ottoman Swahili-type coral city
Suakin — Coral Port City in Red Sea State, Sudan is a Medieval to Ottoman (12th–20th c CE) ancient-city attributed to Beja–Ottoman Swahili-type coral city.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tell
Post-Meroitic to Christian (300 BCE–1400 CE) · Beja–Meroitic
Tokar — Suakin Hinterland Mound in Red Sea State, Sudan is a Post-Meroitic to Christian (300 BCE–1400 CE) tell attributed to Beja–Meroitic.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Middle Kingdom · 12th Dynasty Egyptian
Askut Fort Island Supply Base at Nubia, Askut Island, Sudan is a Middle Kingdom ancient city of the 12th Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c. 1850 BCE for island fort-supply base 77×52 m.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
New Kingdom (1390–1070 BCE) · Egyptian New Kingdom
Sesebi — Akhenaten's Nubian City in Northern State, Sudan is a New Kingdom (1390–1070 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Egyptian New Kingdom.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Southern Bayuda Reservoir B — Bayuda (57-05) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Iron Age (regional) ancient city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Rock art
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Southern Bayuda Terrace II — Bayuda (57-02) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Rock art
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Southern Bayuda Terrace West — Bayuda (57-30) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Early Historic (regional) rock art of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Rock art
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Southern Bayuda Sanctuary East — Bayuda (57-38) at Bayuda, Sudan is a Iron Age (regional) rock art of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Megalith
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Jala Salina Dolmen in River Nile State, Sudan is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Musawwarat es-Sufra Great Enclosure Temple 100 in River Nile, Musawwarat, Sudan is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic to post-Meroitic (300 BCE–500 CE) · Kushite Meroitic
Sedeinga — Pyramid Field in Northern State, Sudan is a Meroitic to post-Meroitic (300 BCE–500 CE) pyramid attributed to Kushite Meroitic.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Musawwarat es-Sufra — Great Enclosure North Terrace (Nubia) in River Nile, Musawwarat es-Sufra, Sudan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple…