Wad ban Naqa

Barge pedestal on display in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin found in Wad ben Naga

Wad ben Naga (also Wad Ban Naqa or Wad Naga)[1] is the name of an ancient town of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë 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.

  1. ^ Sudan: Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1962.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)