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Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region

Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region, Sudan2003

UNESCO World Heritage

UNESCO World Heritage

The pyramids, tombs, temples, palaces, burial mounds and funerary chambers set in the desert border landscape on the banks of the Nile, are unique in their typology and technique. The remains, with their art and inscriptions, are testimony to a great ancient culture that existed and flourished only in this region.

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  • Title: Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
  • Creator: Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region, Sudan
  • Date Created: 2003
  • Location: Sudan
  • Inscription Criteria: Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(vi)
  • Date of Inscription: 2003
  • Category of Site: Cultural site
UNESCO World Heritage

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