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<< Text Pages >> Zuma Tumuli - Round Barrow(s) in Sudan

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Zuma Tumuli Alternative Name: Zouma Tumuli
Country: Sudan
NOTE: This site is 0.187 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Meroe  Nearest Village: Samareit
Latitude: 18.370233N  Longitude: 31.740173E
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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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Round Barrow(s) in Sudan

Vast burial field covered with small tumuli dating towards the end of the Meroitic culture.

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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