El-Kurru
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El-Kurru is an ancient royal cemetery in northern Sudan, notable for its early Nubian pyramids and tombs of Kushite kings and elites.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ royal cemetery ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kushite royal family
ⓘ
surface form:
Napatan royal line
Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| burialOf |
Kushite royal family
ⓘ
surface form:
Kushite princes
Piye ⓘ Piye’s queens ⓘ |
| country | Sudan ⓘ |
| culture |
Kushite
ⓘ
Nubians ⓘ
surface form:
Nubian
|
| endOfUse | mid-7th century BCE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | George Andrew Reisner ⓘ |
| excavationStart | early 20th century ⓘ |
| functionedAs | early royal cemetery of the Kushite kingdom ⓘ |
| hasArtStyle |
Egyptian-influenced
ⓘ
Nubians ⓘ
surface form:
Nubian
|
| hasFeature |
burial mounds
ⓘ
chapels ⓘ painted tombs ⓘ pyramids ⓘ rock-cut tombs ⓘ subterranean burial chambers ⓘ |
| hasTombType |
chamber tombs
ⓘ
pyramid tombs ⓘ shaft tombs ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region" ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nile Valley
ⓘ
Northern Sudan ⓘ Nubia ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Jebel Barkal
ⓘ
Karima ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Nile ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Nubian pyramids
ⓘ
painted funerary scenes ⓘ tombs of Kushite elites ⓘ tombs of Kushite kings ⓘ |
| partOf | Kingdom of Kush ⓘ |
| period |
Napatan period
ⓘ
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ |
| startOfUse | early 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| UNESCOCountry | Sudan ⓘ |
| UNESCORegion | Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Kushite elites
ⓘ
Kushite royal family ⓘ
surface form:
Kushite kings
Kushite royal family ⓘ |
| usedFor |
elite burials
ⓘ
royal burials ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
El Kurru
this entity surface form:
El Kurru
subject surface form:
Shabaka