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ID: 7032204
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032204
Record Type:
administrative
Athar an Naq‘a (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 16 16 11 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 16.2690
decimal degrees
Long: 033 16 19 E
degrees minutes
Long: 33.2710
decimal degrees
Note:
Was important city in the Kingdom of Kush, now located in modern nation of Sudan.
Names:
Athar an Naq‘a
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Nagaa
(
C
,
V
)
Naqa
(
C
,
V
)
Naga
(
C
,
V
)
an-Naq'a
(
C
,
V
,
Arabic (transliterated)
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sudan
(nation) (
P
)
............
Nile
(state) (
P
)
................
Athar an Naq‘a
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sudan
(nation) (
P
)
............
Nile
(state) (
P
)
................
Meroe, Island of
(region (geographic)) (
P
)
....................
Athar an Naq‘a
(deserted settlement)
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Nubia
(general region) (
P
)
............
Kush
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
)
................
Athar an Naq‘a
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
............
ruins date to at least 4th century BCE
archaeological site (
C
)
ruins (
C
)
inhabited place (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
an-Naq'a..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
Athar an Naq‘a..........
[
VP
]
.............................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 23 April 2014
Naga..........
[
VP
]
...........
AATA database (1995-)
Nagaa..........
[
VP
]
..............
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2008
Naqa..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
...........
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2008
...........
UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 31 October 2008
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 October 2008
..................
UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 31 October 2008
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
"Meroe," accessed 22 February 2010
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