 Lion temple and kiosk in an-Naqʿa | ||
| an-Naqʿa · النقعة | ||
| State | Nahr an-Nil | |
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| height | unknown | |
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An-Naq'a, also Naqa, Naga, Arabic:النقعة, an-Naqʿa, is an archaeological site in North Sudan. It is part of the Unesco World Heritage Site "Island of Meroë".
background
getting there
Site plan of an-Naqʿa
By plane
By train
By bus
In the street
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Amun temple(16 ° 16 ′ 8 ″ N.33 ° 16 '34 "E.)
- 2 Lion temple(16 ° 16 ′ 8 ″ N.33 ° 16 '22 "E)
- 3 kiosk. Wrongly named because of its architectural form Roman temple designated building is probably a Hathor chapel.(16 ° 16 ′ 7 ″ N.33 ° 16 '22 "E)
- 4 Temple of Kandake Schanakdachete (Temple 500) (16 ° 16 ′ 10 ″ N.33 ° 16 '43 "E)
- 5 Fountain (Saqiya) (16 ° 16 ′ 10 ″ N.33 ° 16 ′ 25 ″ E)
kitchen
accommodation
Accommodation is available in Meroë.
health
Practical advice
trips
Visiting this archaeological site can be compared to the nearby archaeological site of al-Muṣawwarāt aṣ-Ṣafrāʾ connect.
literature
- : The lion temple of Naq'a in the Butana (Sudan). Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1983, Supplements to the Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East: Series B, Geisteswissenschaften; 48, ISBN 978-3-88226-158-5 , ISBN 978-3-88226-159-2 , ISBN 978-3-88226-160-8 , ISBN 978-3-88226-161-5 . 4 volumes: 1: History of research and topography; 2: building description; 3: The wall reliefs (two volumes), 4: The inscriptions.
- : Naga, the city in the steppe: excavations of the Egyptian Museum in Sudan; Preliminary report I. In:Yearbook of the Berlin museums, ISSN0075-2207, Vol.41 (1999), Pp. 251-266.
- : Naga, the city in the steppe: excavations of the Egyptian Museum in Sudan; Preliminary report II, statues from the Amun temple. In:Yearbook of the Berlin museums, ISSN0075-2207, Vol.43 (2001), Pp. 303-330.
- : Naga: royal city of ancient Sudan. Berlin: Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, National Museums in Berlin, 2006, ISBN 978-3-88609-558-2 . In English and Arabic.
- : Royal city of Naga: excavations in the desert of Sudan. Munich [and others], 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814386-0-4 . Published on the occasion of the special exhibition Naga Royal City - excavations in the desert of Sudan In German and English.
- : A short guide to the ancient site of Naga (Sudan). Munich: Naga project, 2016, ISBN 978-3-9814386-1-1 ; PDF. Also in Arabic.
Web links
- Naga project, State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich
