Category
page 1Iron Age Africa
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
period of Ancient Egypt (1069-664 BCE)

Napata
Napata (, ; ; and ) was a city of ancient Kush at the fourth cataract of the Nile founded by the Egyptian Amun cult for Egyptian pilgrims given by its, as suggested, Egyptian name. It is located approximately 1.5 kilometers from the east side of the river at the site of modern Karima, Sudan.