Old Dongola
Good to know
- Best time to go
- November to February for bearable desert temperatures
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The abandoned capital of the medieval Christian kingdom of Makuria spreads along a desert bluff above the Nile, with churches, a two-story throne hall later converted to a mosque, and fields of Islamic-era qubba tombs. Ongoing excavations keep revealing frescoes and monastic complexes.