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ID: 8711715
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8711715
Record Type:
administrative
Meroe, Island of (region (geographic))
Coordinates:
Lat: 16 55 44 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 16.9299
decimal degrees
Long: 033 46 33 E
degrees minutes
Long: 33.7769
decimal degrees
Note:
Name given to a region that contains the three major ancient sites that represent the center of the Kingdom of Kush, which flourished from the 8th-4th centuries BCE. The sites are the ancient city of Meroë, Musawwarat es-Sufra, and Naqa.
Names:
Meroe, Island of
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Island of Meroe
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Hierarchical Position:
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Africa
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Sudan
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Nile
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Meroe, Island of
(region (geographic)) (
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Place Types:
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archaeological site (
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World Heritage Site (
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from 2011
Sources and Contributors:
Island of Meroe..........
[
VP
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 5 June 2017
Meroe, Island of..........
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Subject:
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[
VP
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 5 June 2017
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English
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 5 June 2017
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