Soleb Temple
Soleb Temple is an archaeological site in Sudan. Soleb Temple is situated nearby to the hamlet Wawa.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wawa and Soleb.
Wawa
Hamlet
Wawa is a town in northern Sudan near the Nile River, located at 20°26′N 30°21′E. The town sits directly across the Nile River from the ancient city of Soleb Pebble tools from the early Stone Age have been found in this area including an early hand axe dating roughly 1.5 million to 200,000 years ago…
Soleb
Village
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Soleb is an ancient town in Nubia, in present-day Sudan. The site is located north of the third cataract of the Nile, on the western side of the Nile. It was discovered and described by Karl Richard Lepsius in 1844. Soleb is situated 4½ km northwest of Soleb Temple.
Soleb Temple
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
20.43631° or 20° 26′ 11″ northLongitude
30.33439° or 30° 20′ 4″ eastElevation
202 metres (663 feet)Open location code
7GGGC8PM+GQGeoNames ID
11875023
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