Nuri

E418892

archaeological site pyramid cemetery royal necropolis

Nuri is an ancient archaeological site in northern Sudan that served as a royal necropolis for Nubian kings and queens, featuring a significant concentration of Kushite pyramids.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Nuri canonical	6

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ pyramid cemetery ⓘ royal necropolis ⓘ
associatedWith	Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: 25th Dynasty of Egypt Kushite royal family ⓘ
belongsTo	Nubian pyramid fields ONNED1 ⓘ
burialOf	King of Meroë ⓘ surface form: Napatan kings Napatan queens ⓘ Taharqa NERFINISHED ⓘ
comparedWith	El-Kurru pyramids NERFINISHED ⓘ Meroe pyramids NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Sudan ⓘ
excavatedBy	archaeologists ⓘ
functionedAs	royal necropolis of the Napatan period ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidence	funerary equipment remains ⓘ pyramid superstructures ⓘ underground burial chambers ⓘ
hasCulturalAffiliation	Kushite civilization ONNED1 ⓘ Nubians ⓘ surface form: Nubian culture
hasFeature	Kushite pyramids ⓘ chapels attached to pyramids ⓘ royal tombs ⓘ steep-sided pyramids ⓘ stone-built pyramids ⓘ subterranean burial chambers ⓘ
heritageType	ancient Nubian heritage site ⓘ
locatedIn	Kushite cultural region ⓘ Nubia ⓘ Northern Sudan ⓘ surface form: northern Sudan
material	stone ⓘ
near	Fourth Cataract of the Nile ⓘ surface form: Fourth Cataract region of the Nile Jebel Barkal ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of Kush ⓘ
periodOfUse	Napatan period ⓘ
precededBy	El-Kurru necropolis ⓘ
region	Upper Nubia ⓘ
researchInterest	Kushite royal ideology ⓘ Nubian-Egyptian cultural interaction ⓘ
significance	key site for study of Kushite funerary practices ⓘ major concentration of Kushite pyramids ⓘ
timeDepth	first millennium BCE ⓘ
usedAs	royal burial ground ⓘ
usedFor	burials of Nubian kings ⓘ burials of Nubian queens ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Nubian pyramids → locatedNear → Nuri ⓘ

Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region → containsSite → Nuri ⓘ

Jebel Barkal → nearbySitesInclude → Nuri ⓘ

Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt → mainBurialSite → Nuri ⓘ

Kingdom of Kush → majorSite → Nuri ⓘ

Taharqa → burialPlace → Nuri ⓘ