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Discover Semna West
Semna West in Northern is a place in Sudan about 423 mi (or 680 km) north of Khartoum, the country's capital city.
Current time in Semna West is now 06:41 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Africa / Khartoum with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 5 airports near Semna West. The closest airport in Sudan is Wadi Halfa Airport in a distance of 43 mi (or 69 km), North-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. The closest heritage site is Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae in Egypt at a distance of 73 mi (or 118 km).
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dongola, Aswan, Al Kharijah, Luxor and Ed Damer. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Semna (Nubia)
Located in the present day Republic of Sudan, ancient Nubia is a region along the Nile River between Aswan in the north and Khartoum in the south where Nubian languages were spoken. This region is marked by six cataracts, or rocky outcroppings, which produce shallow rapids in the Nile (Bard, 2008, p. 53).
Uronarti
Uronarti was an ancient Egyptian settlement located on an island in the Nile above (to the South of) the Second Cataract. It is well known for its triangular-shaped fortress, constructed between the reigns of Middle Kingdom rulers Senusret I and Senusret III, in the nineteenth century BCE. The site was one of several established in Nubia during this period as Egyptians sought to expand their influence to the south.
Kumma (Nubia)
Kumma (also, Semna East) is an archaeological site in Sudan. Built in the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty, it served as a fortress of ancient Egypt in Nubia. Along with Semna, Kumma was built by Sesostris III. The forts protected the border between ancient Egypt and the southern areas. Kumma is situated about 365 kilometres south of Aswan, and 35 kilometres southwest of the second cataract of the Nile on the eastern bank. Semna is located on the other side.
Mirgissa
Mirgissa (originally Iken) was a settlement in Northern state, Sudan. Situated at the 2nd cataract, it contained one of the largest fortresses in Nubia. In the time of Thutmose II, 250 to 450 people inhabited the area. The site was first explored by the English geologist Sir Henry George Lyons in 1892, and was excavated by the French Egyptologist Jean Vercoutter from 1962 to 1969.