Jebel Barkal

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site mountain

Jebel Barkal is a small but historically significant mountain in northern Sudan that served as a major religious and political center for the ancient Nubian and Egyptian civilizations, featuring temples, pyramids, and other archaeological remains.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jebel Barkal canonical 7
Gebel Barkal 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
associatedWith Kingdom of Napata ⓘ
surface form: Napata
associatedWithDeity Amun ⓘ
Khonsu ⓘ
Mut ⓘ
considered home of the god Amun by ancient Nubians ⓘ
containsTempleDedicatedTo Amun ⓘ
Hathor ⓘ
Mut ⓘ
Osiris ⓘ
country Sudan ⓘ
elevation approximately 98 meters ⓘ
excavatedBy George Andrew Reisner ⓘ
surface form: George A. Reisner
excavationStartPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemains pyramids ⓘ
rock-cut chambers ⓘ
royal tombs ⓘ
temples ⓘ
hasFeature prominent pinnacle ⓘ
sandstone cliff ⓘ
hasTypeOfMonument Egyptian-style temple ⓘ
Kushite pyramid ⓘ
rock sanctuary ⓘ
historicalPeriod Kushite period ⓘ
Kushite period ⓘ
surface form: Napatan period

New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
locatedIn Nubia ⓘ
Northern State, Sudan ⓘ
surface form: northern Sudan
locatedNear Karima ⓘ
Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
nearbySitesInclude El-Kurru ⓘ
surface form: El Kurru

Nuri ⓘ
Sanam ⓘ
Zuma ⓘ
partOf Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region ⓘ
surface form: Jebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
recognizedAs symbolic sacred mountain ⓘ
servedAs political center of the Kingdom of Kush ⓘ
religious capital of Kush ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2003 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Arab world ⓘ
surface form: Arab States
wasReligiousCenterFor Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: ancient Egypt

Nubia ⓘ
surface form: ancient Nubia

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nubia → hasArchaeologicalSite → Jebel Barkal ⓘ
Nubian pyramids → locatedNear → Jebel Barkal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gebel Barkal
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region → containsSite → Jebel Barkal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gebel Barkal
Kingdom of Napata → hasImportantSite → Jebel Barkal ⓘ
Kingdom of Kush → majorSite → Jebel Barkal ⓘ
Piye → associatedWithSite → Jebel Barkal ⓘ
El-Kurru → locatedNear → Jebel Barkal ⓘ
pyramids of Nuri → locatedNear → Jebel Barkal ⓘ
subject surface form: Pyramids of Nuri
Nuri → near → Jebel Barkal ⓘ