Kerma

Northern State · Sudan

Kerma, Sudan
Photo: Lassi, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to February, the mildest season in Sudan's north
Budget
$
Coordinates
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Site of one of Africa's earliest urban civilizations, Kerma flourished on the Nile a thousand years before the Napatan kings. Its massive mud-brick deffufa temple still rises above the plain, and an excellent site museum displays the famous granite statues of Kushite pharaohs.

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