Located on a bend in the Nile in northern Sudan’s Nubia region, Jebel Barkal (Pure Mountain) was believed by ancient Egyptians to be the place the god Amun dwelled. There is an abundance of rich, ...

On the western side of Jebel Barkal is a crumbling stone door frame leading to the Temple of Mut, wife of Amun. Spotlights illuminate its fine wall murals chronicling Taharqa’s coronation in ...

Since Antiquity, the hill of Gebel Barkal has been strongly associated with religious ... The material remains, such as the inscriptions (Mut Temple) and the paintings (Kurru), express the revival of ...

This interchange also led to the foundation of a series of fortified towns extending as far upstream as Jebel Barkal, the southern ancestral home of the State God Amun. Criterion (iii): The temple of ...