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Kerma

Capital of the independent Nubian Kerma kingdom in present-day Sudan; not part of the Egyptian UNESCO serial site from Abu Simbel to Philae.
Place archaeological_site Q1107569
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Summary

Kerma is an archaeological site[1]. Kerma ranks in the top 7% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (486 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kerma is located in Northern State[3].
  • Kerma is in the country of Sudan[4].
  • Kerma's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[5].
  • Kerma's Commons category is recorded as Kerma, Sudan[6].
  • Kerma's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 19.600802, 'lon': 30.409731}[7].
  • Kerma's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Nubia[8].
  • Kerma's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Cataracts of the Nile[9].
  • Kerma's capital of is recorded as Kerma kingdom[10].
  • Kerma's capital of is recorded as Nubia[11].
  • Kerma's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[12].
  • Kerma's different from is recorded as Kerma kingdom[13].

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Geography

Kerma is in the country of Sudan[4]. Kerma is located in Northern State[3].

Designation and Status

Kerma's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[5]. Kerma's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[12].

Why It Matters

Kerma ranks in the top 7% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (486 views/month).[2] Kerma has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Kerma is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Sudan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → —
    Sitelink count → 26
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', '
    Located in/on physical feature → Nubia, Cataracts of the Nile
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58433|batch #58433]]: remove deprecated (deleted) or invalid GNDs"
  2. 5w ago · Pharao0815 · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → —
    Wikidata description → Capital of the independent Nubian Kerma kingdom in present-day Sudan; not part o
    Located in/on physical feature → Nubia, Cataracts of the Nile
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in/on physical feature: Nubia"
  3. 6w ago · Pharao0815 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital of → Kerma kingdom, Nubia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Capital of: Nubia"
  4. 18w ago · Z thomas · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Located in → —
    Commons category → Kerma, Sudan
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 19.600802, 'lon': 30.409731}
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Commons category: Kerma, Sudan"
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