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Multi-periodSite Name: Sanam Temple Alternative Name: The TreasureCountry: Sudan
NOTE: This site is 0.231 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Meroe Nearest Village: Marawi
Latitude: 18.481664N Longitude: 31.818034E
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 |
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Ancient Temple in Sudan
Large temple measuring 41.5 Meters by 61.5 Meters, partially in residential site.
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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