Naqa or Naga'a (Arabic: ٱلـنَّـقْـعَـة, romanized: An-Naqʿah) is a ruined ancient city of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë in modern-day Sudan.

Naqa was only a camel or donkey's journey from the Nile, and could serve as a trading station on the way to the east; thus it had strategic importance.

[3] Since 1995, Naqa has been excavated by a German-Polish team with the participation of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.

The Amun temple of Naqa was founded by King Natakamani and is 100 metres in length and has several statues of the ruler.

[1] After excavation, reconstruction and measurement of the temple of Amun for over a decade, on 1 December 2006, the Sudanese authorities regained management, giving responsibility to the Ministry of Culture.

The front of the temple is an extensive gateway, and depicts Natakamani and Amanitore on the left and right exerting divine power over their prisoners, symbolically with lions at their feet.

Who the prisoners are exactly is unclear, although historical records have revealed that the Kushites frequently clashed with invading desert clans.

On the sides of the temple are depictions of the gods Amun, Horus and Apedemak keeping company in the presence of the king.

[3] On the rear wall of the temple is the largest depiction of the lion god, and is illustrated receiving offering from the king and queen.

The entrance to the kiosk is Egyptian and is topped by a lintel with a row of sacred uraeus (cobras) but the sides consist of columns with florid Corinthian capitals and arched windows in the Roman style.