Historical place profile
Naqa
Naqa is an ancient city located approximately 170 km northeast of Khartoum in modern-day Sudan. Naqa was part of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:805635
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:805635
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 16.269509, 33.274644
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Naqa is an ancient city located approximately 170 km northeast of Khartoum in modern-day Sudan. Naqa was part of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 82 inset Naqa
Source and reuse
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Research path
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