Musawwarat
sanctuary · 330 BC – 2100 AD
A Meroitic temple complex in modern Sudan, located 180 km northeast of Khartoum, 20 km north of Naqa and approximately 25 km south-east of the Nile. The complex dates to the early Meroitic period (third century B.C.). In 2011 the site was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Coordinates
- 16.41309, 33.32376
- Also known as
- Musawwarat es-Sufra (en), Musawwarat es-Sufra (en)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)