Jebel Moya

Jebel Moya is an archaeological site in the southern Gezira Plain, , approximately 250 km south southeast of . Dating between 5000 BCE-500 CE and roughly 104,000 m2 in area, the site is one of the largest pastoralist cemeteries in Africa with over 3,000 burials excavated thus far.
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  • Village
  • …lies at an elevation of 460 metres (1,509 feet)
  • Description: archaeological site in Sudan
  • Also known as
    “Jabal Mayyah”
    “Jabal Moya”

Jebel Moya

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Latitude
13.49693° or 13° 29′ 49″ north
Longitude
33.31515° or 33° 18′ 55″ east
Open location code
7G5MF8W8+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7730432087
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
373463
Wiki­data ID
Q55640121

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Jebel Moya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل موية”
  • Arabic: “جبل ميّة”
  • Chinese: “傑貝爾莫亞”
  • Dutch: “Muya”
  • German: “Muya”
  • Hausa: “Jebell Moya”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל מויה (סודאן)”
  • Ladin: “Muya”
  • Russian: “Гебель-Моя”
  • Spanish: “Jebel Moya”

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