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Wad ban Naqa
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Wad ban Naqa

Ancient city · Sudan

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
16.511, 33.112
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: Ancient town of Kush

History

Wad ben Naga is the name of an ancient town in the Kushitic Kingdom in present-day Sudan. The village lies on the eastern bank of the Nile, about 80 kilometers upstream of Meroë and about 40 km southwest of Shendi.

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