Jabal ash Shams
Jabal ash Shams is a ruin in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Jabal ash Shams is situated nearby to the locality Ballana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Ballana
Locality
Ballana was a cemetery in Lower Nubia. It, along with nearby Qustul, were excavated by Walter Bryan Emery between 1928 and 1931 as a rescue project before a second rising of the Aswan Low Dam.
Jabal ash Shams
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Gebel Chams” and “Gebel el-Shams”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
22.25° or 22° 15′ northLongitude
31.56667° or 31° 34′ eastElevation
179 metres (587 feet)Open location code
7GJH7H28+2MGeoNames ID
355288
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