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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nuri Pyramids - Pyramid / Mastaba in Sudan

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 23 July 2006  Page Views: 8806

Multi-periodSite Name: Nuri Pyramids Alternative Name: Nouri Pyramids
Country: Sudan Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Karthoum  Nearest Village: El-Kurru
Latitude: 18.564432N  Longitude: 31.916129E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Nuri Pyramids
Nuri Pyramids submitted by KaiHofmann : The Nuro Pyramids. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Nuri Pyramids
Nuri Pyramids submitted by durhamnature : Old photo, from "Monuments of Sudan..." via archive.org Site in Sudan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nuri Pyramids
Nuri Pyramids submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the Pyramids via archive.org Site in Sudan (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Nuri Pyramids by Andy B on Saturday, 16 January 2010
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The Pyramids at Nuri. Located west of the Nile in Upper Nubia. This cemetery contained 21 kings, together with 52 queens and princes. Taharqa, the king of the 25th Dynasty was the first king to build his tomb at Nuri (Tomb no. 1), and it is the biggest pyramid ever built at the site. Queen Amanishakheto was buried in Nuri. View the Lion Temples. King Senkamanisken (Tomb no. 3). Treasures of King Aspelta (Tomb no. 8).

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