Jebel Barkal

Jebel Barkal or Gebel Barkal is a mesa located 400 km north of , next to in Northern State in , and near the Nile River in . The Jebel is 104 meters tall, has a flat top, and came to have religious significance for both ancient Kush and ancient Egyptian occupiers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karima and Merowe.
is a town in Northern State in some 400 km from on a loop of the Nile.
is a town in Northern State, , near , about 330 kilometres north of .
is an ancient Nubian necropolis in northern … is situated 7 km northeast of Jebel Barkal.

Jebel Barkal

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Latitude
18.53333° or 18° 32′ north
Longitude
31.83333° or 31° 50′ east
Open location code
7GCHGRMM+88
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Jebel Barkal” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Djebel Barkal”
  • Arabic: “جبل البركل”
  • Arabic: “جبل بركل”
  • Asturian: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cəbəl-Barkal”
  • Bashkir: “Гебель-Баркал”
  • Bashkir: “Джебель-Баркал”
  • Basque: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Belarusian: “Джэбель-Баркал”
  • Bengali: “জেবেল বরকল”
  • Bulgarian: “Джебел Баркал”
  • Catalan: “Djebel Barkal”
  • Catalan: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Chinese: “博尔戈尔山”
  • Chinese: “博爾戈爾山”
  • Croatian: “Barkal”
  • Croatian: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Croatian: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Danish: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Dutch: “Djebel Barkal”
  • Dutch: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Dutch: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل البركل”
  • Finnish: “Gebel Barkal”
  • French: “Djebel Barkal”
  • French: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Galician: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Georgian: “ჯებელ ბარკალი”
  • Georgian: “ჯებელ-ბარკალი”
  • German: “Barkal”
  • German: “Dschabal al-Barkal”
  • German: “Dschabal Barkal”
  • German: “Gebel Barkal”
  • German: “Jabal Barkal”
  • German: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Greek: “Γκεμπέλ Μπαρκάλ”
  • Greek: “Τζεμπέλ Μπαρκάλ”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל ברכל ואתרי אזור נפת”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל ברקל ואתרי אזור נפאטה”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל ברקל”
  • Hebrew: “נפאטה”
  • Icelandic: “Barkalfjall”
  • Icelandic: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Indonesian: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Italian: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Italian: “Jabal Barkal”
  • Italian: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Japanese: “ゲベル・バルカル”
  • Japanese: “ゲベル・バルカルとナパタ地域の遺跡群”
  • Korean: “게벨 바르칼”
  • Kotava: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Ladin: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Latvian: “Barkals”
  • Lithuanian: “Džebel Barkalis”
  • Macedonian: “Џабел Баркал”
  • Maltese: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Maltese: “Ġebel Barkal”
  • Maltese: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Norwegian: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Persian: “کوه بارکال”
  • Portuguese: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Portuguese: “Jebel Barcal”
  • Portuguese: “Jebel Barkal”
  • Russian: “Гебель-Баркал”
  • Russian: “Джебель-Баркал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Barkal”
  • Slovenian: “Džebel Barkal”
  • Spanish: “Djebel Barkal”
  • Spanish: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Spanish: “Yábal Barkal”
  • Spanish: “Yebel Barkal”
  • Swedish: “Gebel Barkal och platser i Napatanregionen”
  • Swedish: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Turkish: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Ukrainian: “Джебель-Баркал”
  • Urdu: “جبل برکل”
  • Venetian: “Gebel Barkal”
  • Vietnamese: “Gebel Barkal”

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