Historical place profile

Uronarti

An ancient settlement located on an island in the Nile just south of the Second Cataract, now in the north of Sudan. An ancient fortress dating to the reigns of the Middle Kingdom pharaohs (19th century BC), Senusret I and Senusret III, is found there.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:228359733
Catalogue ID
pleiades:228359733
Place type
archaeological-site, fort-2, settlement
Coordinates
21.526020, 30.990421
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

An ancient settlement located on an island in the Nile just south of the Second Cataract, now in the north of Sudan. An ancient fortress dating to the reigns of the Middle Kingdom pharaohs (19th century BC), Senusret I and Senusret III, is found there.

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: Pleiades

Source and reuse

This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.

Research path

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