Old Dongola

Beehive like structures

The beehive like structures can be seen from the road. As you approach you learn that you are in a working cemetery and the 'beehives' are actually Islamic graves. There are many shallow graves nearby...

Interesting place

Interesting place, hardly any visitors, quite a few different things around to see and more excavations ongoing.

Church of 16 granite columns - Old Dongola

This site has the remains of a 7th century AD church with 16 granite columns with finely decorated capitals (which are now separated and lie in the sand). Another wonderful Sudanese historical site, w...

Interesting history, mix of pagan, Muslim and Christian

The holy men's graves of the Muslim cemetery are interesting. Shame the old monastery with Christian paintings is closed by the archeologists for study, but hopefully they will take measures to conse...

Beautiful ... but can we do something to protect the site?

The setting is great and the landscape, seen from the hill where the Mosque is located, is very beautiful indeed. The old archeological findings and the ruins are not fenced off and cars simply drive ...