Kanisah Kurgus (also known as Kurgus or Kanisa-Kurgus) is an archaeological site in

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

, located on the east bank of the Nile between the Fourth and Fifth

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, near Abu Hamed. The area is part of the modern day town Al Kanisah. The site contains Hagar el-Merwa, an Ancient Egyptian

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site with inscriptions (boundary stelae) from the reign of Thutmose I and Thutmose III. This site marks the southern border on the Nile of Ancient Egypt during their reigns. The inscription on the rock reads: ''Kurgus'' means "yellow" in modern Nubian, and the name likely refers to the yellow sandstone of the region.

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Archaeological sites in Sudan {{Sudan-stub

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