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Napata was a city of ancient Kush at the fourth cataract of the Nile founded by the Egyptian Amun cult for Egyptian pilgrims given by its, as suggested, Egyptian name. It is located approximately 1.5 kilometers from the east side of the river at... Wikipedia
Location: Sudan
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Napata was the southernmost permanent settlement in the New Kingdom of Egypt (16th–11th centuries BC) and home to Jebel Barkal, the main Kushite cult centre of ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Napata, the capital in about 750–590 bce of the ancient kingdom of Cush (Kush), situated downstream from the Fourth Cataract of the Nile, ...
A powerful state developed in Nubia after the Egyptians withdrew at the end of the New Kingdom. This Kushite kingdom, as the state is commonly called, was based ...
The Jebel Barkal mountain was the most sacred place not only to the Kushite culture, but also and especially to the Pharaonic dynasties of Ancient Egypt.
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region comprise five archaeological sites on both sides of the Nile in an arid area considered part of Nubia. Together ...
The Napatan Period (about 700 - 300 BC) is named after the town Napata, where an Amun temple was built and where the kings were buried in small pyramids (the ...
Aug 11, 2020 · Napata is the name of a group of Nubian settlements near the Fourth Cataract in the Nile: Sanam, the cemeteries of El-Kurru and Nuri, and the ...
Napata (Eg. Npt) is a town founded by the Egyptians in the 18th Dynasty near the fourth cataract, in the southernmost part of Nubia.
8 days ago · an ancient city of Nubia and Cush, situated downstream from the Fourth Cataract of the Nile river, in present-day Sudan.
Napatan period. After 900 BC, a new indigenous power developed in the area of Jebel Barkal. Its rulers oriented themselves towards Egypt for their regal display ...