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.
- Village
- Description: cemetery in Sudan
- Also known as“Al-Khurru”“Al-Kurru”“El Kuru”“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.
El Kurru
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Latitude
18.41024° or 18° 24′ 37″ north
Longitude
31.7742° or 31° 46′ 27″ east
Open location code
7GCHCQ6F+3M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“El Kurru” goes by many names.
الكروArabic
El KurruAsturian
El KurruBasque
Эль-КуруBelarusian
Al-KurruCatalan
El-KurruCzech
El-KhurruDutch
El-KurruDutch
El-KurruEsperanto
Ελ ΚούρουGreek
El-KurruHausa
El-KurruHungarian
El-KhurruItalian
Al-KurruPolish
Al-KuruPolish
El-KurruPolish
пирамиды Эль-КурруRussian
Эль-КурруRussian
El KurruSlovenian
Ель-КурруUkrainian
الکروUrdu
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