Kerma

Kerma was the capital city of the Kingdom of Kerma, which had its roots in the pre-Kerma culture in present-day from 3500 BC. Kerma is one of the largest archaeological sites in ancient .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Western Deffufa and Doukki Gel.

Archaeological site
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The , located in the ancient city of Kerma in northern , is one of the oldest known monumental structures in the Nile Valley, dating back to at least 2500 BC.

Archaeological site
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, or Dukki Gel, was an ancient Nubian settlement. Dukki Gel was inhabited between 1800 BC to 400 AD and was occupied by a coalition of African rulers from the south around 1700 BC during the Classical Kerma period, and later by Ancient Egyptian and Nubian officials during the new kingdom period.

Kerma

Latitude
19.5931° or 19° 35′ 35″ north
Longitude
30.4091° or 30° 24′ 33″ east
Elevation
223 metres (732 feet)
Open location code
7GFGHCV5+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1958047978
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
11887237
Wiki­data ID
Q1107569
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kerma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كرمة”
  • Arabic: “كرمه”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kerma”
  • Basque: “Kerma”
  • Belarusian: “Керма”
  • Bengali: “কেরমা”
  • Catalan: “Antic Kerma”
  • Catalan: “Cultura de Kerma”
  • Catalan: “Karmah”
  • Catalan: “Kerma clàssica”
  • Catalan: “Kerma mitjà”
  • Catalan: “Kerma”
  • Catalan: “Pre-Kerma”
  • Chinese: “克尔玛”
  • Chinese: “克爾瑪”
  • Czech: “Kerma”
  • Danish: “Kerma”
  • Dutch: “Kerma”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كرمه”
  • Finnish: “Kerma”
  • French: “Kerma”
  • German: “Deffufa”
  • German: “Kerma”
  • Greek: “Κέρμα”
  • Gujarati: “કેરમા”
  • Hebrew: “קרמה (נוביה)”
  • Hebrew: “קרמה”
  • Hindi: “कर्मा”
  • Hungarian: “Kerma”
  • Indonesian: “Kerma”
  • Italian: “Kerma”
  • Japanese: “ケルマ”
  • Japanese: “ケルマー”
  • Kannada: “ಕೆರ್ಮಾ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Kerma”
  • Korean: “아부 하마드”
  • Latvian: “Kerma”
  • Lithuanian: “Kerma”
  • Malay: “Kerma”
  • Marathi: “कर्ममा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kerma”
  • Norwegian: “Kerma”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kerma”
  • Persian: “کرمه”
  • Polish: “Karma an-Nuzul”
  • Polish: “Kerma”
  • Polish: “Kirma”
  • Portuguese: “Kerma”
  • Portuguese: “Querma”
  • Russian: “Дукки Гель”
  • Russian: “Керма”
  • Sinhala: “කෙර්මා”
  • Slovenian: “Kerma”
  • Somali: “Kerma”
  • Spanish: “Kerma”
  • Swedish: “Kerma”
  • Tamil: “கெர்மா”
  • Telugu: “కర్మా”
  • Thai: “พลาย่า เดล ตาร์เมน”
  • Turkish: “Kerma”
  • Twi: “Kerma”
  • Ukrainian: “Керма”
  • Urdu: “کیرما”
  • Vietnamese: “Kerma”
  • “Kerma”

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