Kawa

settlement · 1548 BC – 300 AD

Known today as Kawa, ruins of this ancient Egyptian and Kushite settlement are located on the east bank of the Nile river, seven kilometers south of the modern Nile bridge at Dongola in Sudan.

Coordinates

19.12313, 30.49661

Also known as

Gematon (egy), Pataita (grc), Pateta, Patéta (grc), Patigga (la), Patigga (la), Patinga(n|s) (la), Patinga, Patingas, Patingan (la), Πατέτα (grc), Παταιτα (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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