<< Our Photo Pages >> Nuri Pyramids - Pyramid / Mastaba in Sudan
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Multi-periodSite Name: Nuri Pyramids Alternative Name: Nouri PyramidsCountry: Sudan
NOTE: This site is 23.858 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Karthoum Nearest Village: El-Kurru
Latitude: 18.564432N Longitude: 31.916129E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Pyramids in Sudan
82 tombs, most of which have pyramidal superstructures. Part of five Napatan archaeological sites, stretching over more than 60 km in the Nile valley, relating to the Napatan (900 to 270 BCE) and Meroitic (270 BCE to 350 CE) cultures, of the second kingdom of Kush in what is now Sudan. There are numerous, pyramids, tombs, tumuli and temples. Unesco World Heritages sites.
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