Jebel Barkal
Jebel Barkal or Gebel Barkal is a mesa located 400 km north of Khartoum, next to Karima in Northern State in Sudan, and near the Nile River in Nubia. 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 of Interest
Highlights include Temple of Amun, Jebel Barkal and Mut Temple.
Temple of Amun, Jebel Barkal
Archaeological site
The Temple of Amun is an archaeological site at Jebel Barkal in Northern State, Sudan. It is situated about 400 kilometres north of Khartoum near Karima.
Mut Temple
Archaeological site
The Temple of Mut, also named Temple B300, is a temple at Jebel Barkal in Northern State, Sudan. It is situated about 400 km north of Khartoum near Karima and stands near a large bend of the Nile River, in the region that was called Nubia in ancient times.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karima and Merowe.
Karima
Town
Karima is a town in Northern State in Sudan some 400 km from Khartoum on a loop of the Nile. Karima houses the Jebel Barkal Museum. The hill of Jebel Barkal is near Karima.
Merowe
Merowe is a town in Northern State, Sudan, near Karima Town, about 330 kilometres north of Khartoum. It borders the Nile and is the site of the Merowe Dam project, the largest contemporary hydropower project in Africa.
Nuri
Town
Jebel Barkal
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 253 metres
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain, archaeological site, Nubian pyramids, and landform
- Location: Northern State, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.53333° or 18° 32′ north
Longitude
31.83333° or 31° 50′ east
Elevation
253 metres (830 feet)
Open location code
7GCHGRMM+88
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Satellite Map
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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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