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Multi-periodSite Name: BuhenCountry: Sudan
NOTE: This site is 135.119 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Nearest Town: Lake Nasser Nearest Village: Lake Nasser
Latitude: 21.904240N Longitude: 31.277871E
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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Stone Fort or Dun in Sudan
Former Egyptian mud brick fortress outpost on the West bank of the Nile the border of Nubia definately established by Senusret III (12th dynasty), around the year 1860 BCE, but possibly as early as the reign of Sneferu in the 4th dynasty around 2600 BCE, as suggested by various ancient graphity.
The fortress held up to 3500 people and was set up up like a town.
The only surviving element is the temple of Horus which was built by Hatshepsut, which was moved to Khartoum upon the flooding of Lake Nasser.
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