Nubia

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cultural region historic region

Nubia is a historic region along the Nile in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, renowned for its ancient civilizations, archaeological sites, and monumental temples.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Upper Nubia	2
ancient Nubia	2
Ancient Nubia	1
Christian Nubia	1
Kingdom of Kerma	1
Kingdom of Kush	1
Kingdom of Napata	1
Nile Valley	1
Nubia (border region)	1
Nubia region	1
Nubian kingdoms	1
historic Nubia	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historic region ⓘ
affectedByProject	Aswan High Dam ⓘ
borderedBy	Egypt ⓘ Sudan ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Faras Cathedral ⓘ Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region ⓘ Jebel Barkal ⓘ Kerma archaeological site ⓘ Meroë Island archaeological site ⓘ
hasCity	Dongola ⓘ Faras ⓘ Kerma archaeological site ⓘ surface form: Kerma Kingdom of Meroë ⓘ surface form: Meroë Kingdom of Napata ⓘ surface form: Napata
hasCivilization	Christian Nubian kingdoms ⓘ Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ surface form: Kerma culture Kingdom of Meroë ⓘ surface form: Meroitic kingdom Kingdom of Napata ⓘ surface form: Napatan kingdom
hasEthnicGroup	Nubians ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	Nubia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ancient Nubia Kingdom of Kerma ⓘ Kingdom of Meroë ⓘ Kingdom of Napata ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ surface form: Nubian languages
hasPyramids	Nubian pyramids ⓘ surface form: El-Kurru pyramids Nubian pyramids at Meroë ⓘ Nubian pyramids ⓘ surface form: Nuri pyramids
hasReligionHistorical	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ ancient Nubian polytheism ⓘ
hasTemple	Abu Simbel temples ⓘ surface form: Temple of Abu Simbel Temple of Amada ⓘ Temple of Kalabsha ⓘ Temple of Philae ⓘ Temple of Soleb ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Meroë Island archaeological site ⓘ surface form: Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region ⓘ Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Meroitic script ⓘ Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ surface form: Old Nubian script
historicallyInteractedWith	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt Byzantine Empire ⓘ Islamic Caliphates ⓘ surface form: Islamic caliphates Roman Empire ⓘ
knownFor	ancient civilizations ⓘ archaeological sites ⓘ monumental temples ⓘ
locatedIn	Nile Valley ⓘ Sudan ⓘ surface form: northern Sudan southern Egypt ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Nile ⓘ
partlySubmergedBy	Lake Nasser ⓘ
partOf	Northeast Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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

Coptic language → alsoUsedHistoricallyIn → Nubia ⓘ

Kushite period → appliesToTerritory → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Nubia

Nubians → associatedWith → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Kush

Nubians → associatedWith → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Kerma

Nubians → associatedWith → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Napata

Lower Nubia → borderRegionBetween → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Nubia

Syene → borderWith → Nubia ⓘ

Amenhotep II → campaignRegion → Nubia ⓘ

Thutmose III → campaignRegion → Nubia ⓘ

Sudan National Museum → collectionFocus → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Nubia

Sudan National Museum → collectionFocus → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian Nubia

Pepi I Meryre → conductedTradeWith → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Maharraqa → culturalRegion → Nubia ⓘ

Nubians → ethnicGroupOf → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nile Valley

Pepi I Meryre → foreignRelations → Nubia ⓘ

Nubia → hasHistoricalPeriod → Nubia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Nubia

Northeast Africa → hasHistoricalRegion → Nubia ⓘ

Ancient Mediterranean world → hasPart → Nubia ⓘ

Nubians → historicalRegion → Nubia ⓘ

Sudan → historicalRegion → Nubia ⓘ

Coptic Synaxarion → includesSaintsFrom → Nubia ⓘ

Sahure → launchedExpeditionTo → Nubia ⓘ

Pepi I Meryre → launchedMilitaryCampaignsIn → Nubia ⓘ

Abu Simbel temples → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Kingdom of Meroë → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Lower Nubia → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

New Amada site → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Nubian Museum → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nubia region

Nubian pyramids → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Qustul → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Amada → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Beit el-Wali → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Maharraqa → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Taffa → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Tomb of Pennut → locatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Ellesyia → locatedInHistoricRegion → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Dakka → locatedInRegion → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Ramesses II at Derr → locatedInRegion → Nubia ⓘ

Swenett → locatedNearBorderWith → Nubia ⓘ

International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia → location → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Amada → oneOfOldestTemplesIn → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Dakka → originallyLocatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Derr, Lower Nubia → partOf → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: historic Nubia

Kingdom of Meroë → partOf → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient Nubia

Lake Nasser → partlyLocatedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Amada → region → Nubia ⓘ

Ballana → region → Nubia ⓘ

Dongolawi → region → Nubia ⓘ