Shalfak

fort · 2010 BC – 1640 BC

A Middle Kingdom fortress that was originally located on the Nile's west bank at the Second Cataract of the Nile River. The ruins of the fortress are now situated on an island in Lake Nubia in northern Sudan.

Shalfak
Coordinates
21.54164, 31.04015
Dating
attested

Sources

See Shalfak on the map →

Shalfak — Ancient Maps