El Kurru

El-Kurru was the first of the three royal cemeteries used by the Kushite royals of , also referred to as Egypt's 25th Dynasty, and is home to some of the royal Nubian Pyramids.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: cemetery in Sudan
  • Also known as: “Al Kurru”, “Al-Khurru”, “El Kuru”, “El-kourrou”, “El-Kurru”, “Pyramiden von Al-Kurru”, “Pyramiden von el-Kurru”, “Pyramiden von El-Kurru”, and “пирамиды Эль-Курру”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merowe.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a town in Northern State, , near , about 330 kilometres north of .

El Kurru

Latitude
18.41024° or 18° 24′ 37″ north
Longitude
31.7742° or 31° 46′ 27″ east
Open location code
7GCHCQ6F+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4259711558
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q2119834
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“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-Kurru”
  • Esperanto: “El-Kurru”
  • French: “El-Kourrou”
  • French: “El-Kuru”
  • German: “Pyramiden von al-Kurru”
  • Greek: “Ελ Κούρου”
  • Hausa: “El-Kurru”
  • Hungarian: “El-Kurru”
  • Italian: “El-Khurru”
  • Polish: “Al-Kuru”
  • Portuguese: “El-Kurru”
  • Russian: “Эль-Курру”
  • Slovenian: “El Kurru”
  • Spanish: “El Kurru”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Курру”
  • Urdu: “الکرو”

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Places to explore: Tangasi and El Kuru.

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