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Nubia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Tom Elliott

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Apr 29, 2026 03:03 PM — History

A historical and cultural region of Africa that stretched along the Nile River from the sixth cataract and the area around Khartoum to the first cataract and the area around Aswan.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/953201624

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
24.078336, 32.877716

Locations:

None

Names:

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Nubia makes connections with:

Nubia located near Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)

Nubia receives connections from:

Cataracta Prima bounds Nubia (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Quarta located in Nubia (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Quinta located in Nubia (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Secunda located in Nubia (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Sexta located in Nubia (unspecified date range)
Cataracta Tertia located in Nubia (unspecified date range)
Kush (kingdom) located in Nubia (2010 BC - 1086 BC)
Tumbus (Nubia) located in Nubia (unspecified date range)
el Kurru located in Nubia (unspecified date range)

Place type:
region

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Related:

Wikidata Nubia (Q135028)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Nubia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/953201624> [accessed: 19 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/953201624 |title=Places: 953201624 (Nubia) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=May 19, 2026 2:27 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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