Kendall is convinced that the physical form of Jebel Barkal is a clue. His research suggests that when Egypt's warrior-pharaoh Thutmose I set out to conquer the far reaches of Nubia in 1500 B.C., ...

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, ...

The plain is dominated by the ‘sacred’ flat-topped mountain of Jebel Barkal. This is the homeland ... Taharqo kept his promise and built a large temple dedicated to Amun, the chief god of ...

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 ...