Ballana (Arabic: بلانة, romanized: Ballāna) was a cemetery in Lower Nubia.

It, along with nearby Qustul, were excavated by Walter Bryan Emery between 1928 and 1931 as a rescue project before a second rising of the Aswan Low Dam.

They date to the time after the collapse of the Meroitic state but before the founding of the Christian Nubian kingdoms, around AD 350 to 600.

Most remarkable is a set of crowns from different tombs showing that the richest burials belong to local ruling kings and queens.

Under the bier, were the remains of a large wooden gaming board, weapons and an iron folding chair.