Sanam
Sanam is a modern village in Sudan. It is located at the bank of the Nile river next to Merowe. Here were found the remains of an ancient town which flourished mainly in the Napatan Period.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: village and archaeological site in Sudan
- Also known as: “Abū Dawm Sannum”, “Abu Dom”, “Abu Dom Sanam”, “Abu Dom Sannum”, “Ṣanam Abû-Dôm”, “Sanam, Sudan”, and “Sannum”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merowe and 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.
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. Karima is situated 7 km northeast of Sanam.
El Kurru
Village
El-Kurru was the first of the three royal cemeteries used by the Kushite royals of Napata, also referred to as Egypt's 25th Dynasty, and is home to some of the royal Nubian Pyramids. El Kurru is situated 9 km southwest of Sanam.
Sanam
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Northern State, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.48348° or 18° 29′ 1″ north
Longitude
31.81912° or 31° 49′ 9″ east
Elevation
247 metres (810 feet)
Open location code
7GCHFRM9+9J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Sanam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سنام”
- Belarusian: “Санам (Судан)”
- Belarusian: “Санам”
- Catalan: “Sanam”
- German: “Sanam”
- Japanese: “サナム”
- Russian: “Санам”
- Urdu: “سنام (سوڈان)”
- Urdu: “سنام”
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