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Sabu-Jaddi

Sudan

The Sabu-Jaddi rock art site in Sudan is a unique cluster of more than 1600 rock drawings from different historical periods extending for more than 6000 years through different eras of Nubian civilisation. however, exactly when the people living in this region began creating these images is still unknown. The site is located 600 km north of Khartoum between the villages of Sabu and Jaddi. The well-preserved drawings include wild and domestic animals, humans and boats. Due to the construction plans for Kajbar Power Station, the site was included in the 2016 World Monuments Watch List which contains endangered monuments that need attention, promotion, and protection.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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