Tombos

Tombos or Tumbus is an archaeological site in northern , including Tombos island and the nearby riverbank area. Tombos is located at the Third Cataract of the Nile and on the northern margin of the Dongola Reach, not far from .
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Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 220 metres (722 feet)
  • …is also known as “Tumbus”
  • Description: island

Tombos

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Latitude
19.71115° or 19° 42′ 40″ north
Longitude
30.39383° or 30° 23′ 38″ east
Open location code
7GFGP96V+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4541111690
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
365620
Wiki­data ID
Q1457296

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Tombos” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تومبوس”
  • Bengali: “টম্বোস”
  • Catalan: “Hannek”
  • Catalan: “Sebou”
  • Catalan: “Tombos”
  • Dutch: “Tombos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تومبوس (النوبه)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تومبوس”
  • French: “Tombos”
  • German: “Tombos”
  • Hebrew: “טומבוס”
  • Italian: “Tombos”
  • Spanish: “Tombos”

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