Kassala
Kassala Kassala, town, eastern Sudan near the Eritrean border. Founded in 1834 as an Egyptian garrison, it was occupied by the Mahdist (1885ñ94) and briefly by the Italians (1940ñ41). Kassala is built on the inland delta of the seasonal Gash River at an elevation of 1,624 feet (495 meters) and is protected to the east
Ancient Napata
These five archaeological sites, stretching over more than 60 km in the Nile valley