Jebel Barkal

Northern State · Sudan

Jebel Barkal, Sudan
Photo: LassiHU, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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November to February
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A sacred sandstone mesa beside the Nile, ringed by temples and pyramids of the Napatan kingdom of Kush. The Egyptians and Kushites alike revered the mountain as a home of the god Amun.

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