Ballana
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.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 180 metres (590 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in Nubia
- Also known as“Ballâna, Ballana”“Ballānah”
- Category: archaeological site
- Location
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Latitude
22.26667° or 22° 16′ north
Longitude
31.56667° or 31° 34′ east
Open location code
7GJH7H88+MM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swahili—“Ballana” goes by many names.
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