El-Kurru
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: cemetery in Sudan
- Also known as: “Al-Khurru”, “Al-Kurru”, and “El-Khurru”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merowe.
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.
El-Kurru
- Categories: cemetery, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Northern State, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.40891° or 18° 24′ 32″ northLongitude
31.77046° or 31° 46′ 14″ eastElevation
258 metres (846 feet)Open location code
7GCHCQ5C+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1089012202OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“El-Kurru” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكرو”
- Asturian: “El Kurru”
- Basque: “El Kurru”
- Basque: “El-Kurru”
- Belarusian: “Эль-Куру”
- Catalan: “Al-Kurru”
- Czech: “El-Kurru”
- Dutch: “El-Khurru”
- Dutch: “El-Kurru”
- Esperanto: “El-Kurru”
- French: “El-kourrou”
- French: “El-Kourrou”
- German: “Al-Kurru”
- German: “El-Kurru”
- German: “Pyramiden von al-Kurru”
- German: “Pyramiden von Al-Kurru”
- German: “Pyramiden von el-Kurru”
- German: “Pyramiden von El-Kurru”
- Greek: “Ελ Κούρου”
- Hungarian: “El-Kurru”
- Italian: “El-Khurru”
- Polish: “Al-Kurru”
- Polish: “Al-Kuru”
- Polish: “El-Kurru”
- Portuguese: “El-Kurru”
- Russian: “пирамиды Эль-Курру”
- Russian: “Эль-Курру”
- Slovenian: “El Kurru”
- Spanish: “Al Kurru”
- Spanish: “Al-Kurru”
- Spanish: “El Kurru”
- Spanish: “El-Kurru”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Курру”
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