Gebel al-Ain is a plateau in Sudan at the border between the Northern State and North Kordofan.
The Gebel al-Ain area is more fertile than the surrounding dry savannah, making it a popular grazing ground for the Kababish-nomads dwelling around it.
Around the Gebel al-Ain many archaeological sites are situated, mostly graveyards of the post-Meroitic and medieval Christian period. The most prominent archaeological sites are a ruined monastery in the west of the mountain – the south-westernmost outpost of the Makurian state known so farJana Eger: Ein mittelalterliches Kloster am Gebel al-Ain? In: MittSAG 22, 2011, S. 115-120 – and a settlement of round huts with a surrounding wall close to Bir al-Ain southwest of the main top of the mountain.Friedrich Hinkel: The Archaeological Map of the Sudan II: The Area of the South Libyan Desert. Berlin 1979. S. 154-155
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