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.

Old Nubian script (historically) → region → Nubia ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Nubian script

Syene → region → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nubia (border region)

Temple of Kalabsha → region → Nubia ⓘ

Temple of Derr → regionHistorical → Nubia ⓘ

Nubian Desert → regionOf → Nubia ⓘ

First Cataract of the Nile → separates → Nubia ⓘ

Nile Valley → supportedCivilization → Nubia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nubian kingdoms

Middle Kingdom of Egypt → territorialExpansion → Nubia ⓘ

Pharaonic Egypt → tradePartner → Nubia ⓘ

Sahure → tradeWith → Nubia ⓘ

Predynastic Egypt → tradesWith → Nubia ⓘ

First Cataract of the Nile → traditionalBorderBetween → Nubia ⓘ

Horus of Kubban → veneratedIn → Nubia ⓘ

Amun → worshipExtendedTo → Nubia ⓘ