苏丹古城池遗址集中在北部地区，包括纳嘎、穆萨马瑞特、卡里玛、麦罗维、巴卡尔和东格拉和其他地方。苏丹国家文物局2002年宣布，苏丹考古工作者在苏丹北方重镇麦洛维发现一座保存完整、距今大约2000年的古庙的遗址。麦洛维在历史上曾是古代库施国纳巴塔王朝的都城，是古代苏丹唯一一座设防城市。该城的古城堡大门朝西、面对尼罗河，城堡长150米，宽120米，周围建有红绿砖瓦城墙。
　　城堡附近有古神庙，大门也面对尼罗河，内有圣堂和祭坛，廊柱由红砖修建，饰以尼罗河神画像和古代象形图案。这是纳嘎(NAGA)神庙遗址和穆萨马瑞特（Musamarat）遗址，主要包括阿蒙神庙、狮子庙、哈图鲁和大围场四个部分。狮子庙全称是阿帕代马克狮神庙，是各不相同的三处古迹，彼此离得很近，为供奉麦罗维王国的战神阿帕代马克狮神而建，四面墙上都有着精美的雕刻，象征着权力、胜利和神的庇护。狮子庙前面是麦罗维神殿，始建于公元前300年的麦罗维王朝，用巨大的石块建成，有窗有门，有柱有梁，融合了各种建筑文化。与狮子庙里的阿帕代马克狮神不同，阿蒙神是来自埃及的，羊是阿蒙神的化身。
　　站在一个不太高的山丘上，往下一看，只见一片残缺不齐的废墟呈现在眼前，一排排高大雄伟的圆形石柱，一堵堵城墙的残垣断壁、一座座缺头没尾的石狮子，诉说着历史的沧桑巨变，期待永恒的梦想不断被打破。
 

ANCIENT City Sites
 

　　There are many ancient city relics in northern Sudan, including Naga, Musawarat, Karima， Merowie，Al-Berkal，Dongola. City of ancient Cush (Kush) ruins are located on the east bank of the Nile about 200km north of Khartoum. The 25th dynasty of ancient Egypt is believed to have retired to Cush after 656BC and established itself at Meroe. Meroe was the southern administrative centre for the kingdom of Cush,beginning about 750 BC, at a time when Napata was still its capital. After the sack of Napata in about 590by the Egyptian pharaoh Psamtik II, Meroe became the capital of the kingdom and developed into a wide andprosperous area till 325 AD. Excavations of Meroe, begun in 1902, have revealed the streets and buildingsof a great and populous city. The chief features are a riverbank quay, with palaces nearby, and a greattemple of Amon.