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Sudan UNESCO world heritage sites

Nile state [capital = Ad Damar]

Pyramids of Meroe in Kabushiya @
The site of the city of Meroe is marked by more than two hundred pyramids in three groups, of which many are in ruins.

El-Moswarat Andel-Naqa'a Archaeological Area in Shendi on Al-Tahadi Road
Although the architecture of the main Apedemak temple is strongly influenced by Ancient Egyptian architecture, exhibiting some classic Egyptian forms, some of the depictions of the king and queen are fine examples of the differences between Egyptian and Kushite art. King Natakamani and Queen Amanitore are depicted with round heads and broad shoulders, with the relief of Amanitore having unusually wide hips, which is more typical of African art.

Temple of Amun in Shendi at Naga
The temple is designed in the Egyptian style, with an outer court and colonnade of rams similar to the Temple of Amun at Jebel Barkal and Karnak, and leads to a hypostyle hall containing the inner sanctuary (naos). The main entrances and walls of the temple contain relief carvings.

Northern state [capital = Dongola]

Jebel Barkal in Karima
The pyramids, tombs, temples, palaces, burial mounds and funerary chambers set in the desert border landscape on the banks of the Nile, are unique in their typology and technique. The remains, with their art and inscriptions, are testimony to a great ancient culture that existed and flourished only in this region.

Nuri Pyramids in Marawi @
This necropolis was the burial place of 21 kings and 52 queens and princes including Anlami and Aspelta. The bodies of these kings were placed in huge granite sarcophagi. Aspelta's weighed 15.5 tons, and its lid weighed four tons. The oldest and largest pyramid at Nuri is that of the Napatan king and Twenty-fifth Dynasty pharaoh Taharqa.

Temple of Amun in Sanam
The archaeological area of Sanam consists, at present, of a temple dedicated to the god Amun, a large building called the "Treasury" and several other buildings of considerable size used for administrative purposes.

Pyramids and Tombs in El-Kurru
Most of the pyramids date to the early part of the Kushite period, from Alara of Nubia (795-752 BC) to King Nastasen (335-315 BC).

Zuma archaeological site in Samareit
On the surface, 29 grave mounds are seen.

Red Sea state [capital = Port Sudan]

Sanganeb Marine National Park in Port Sudan at Sanageb Reef
The reef is recognized for its high levels of biodiversity, and many of its species are unique to the park.

Dungonab Bay-Mukkawar Island Marine National Park in Dungonab
The area was declared a Marine Protected Area in 2004; it contains extensive and diverse seagrass beds, a regionally important population of dugong, regionally or globally important nesting areas for marine turtles and seabirds, and seasonal aggregations of whale sharks and manta rays that are unique in the entire western Indian Ocean region.