This is a wonderful world heritage site which at the first sight helps to reject the biblical scholarly view that recognises present Israel as same as the ancient Israel;  this site in Nigeria really caries the memory of Hadrian Palace in Jerusalem and inhabitants of Herusalem were then known to the ‘inhabited world’ as ‘Hadis’ or the ‘Hidi’ identifying the Hade of Homeric epics.

Various meaning has been extracted from different name-forms of Sukur which identifies itself with the Saukira Bay of the Periplus; here Greek meaning of the Saukira marks the ‘wild boar’. English ‘Boar’ is exactly the same as ‘Barha’ of Odiya language; this name identifies deity Varahi. Both the names, Barha and Sukara are found in Odiya dictionary that identifies these two names with one and the same animal.

In Egyptian mythology, the story of head of Queen Akmet, and her son Hatshepsut shows that their  mortuary temple was at Deir el Bahri and it also shows the historical between Akmet and Amon. From this name of Goddess Varabhi originated. Chinese pilgrim Hiouen Tsiang during his visit to ancient India in 7^th c A.D., stayed for some time in this temple.

According to Unesco’s account, ‘Sukur is located in Madagali local government area of Adamawa state of Nigeria along Nigeria/ Cameroon border, some 290 km from Yola, the Adamawa state capital of north eastern Nigeria’. This helps to identify the ancient land from where the migrants came and settled here. Madgali refers to ancient Mudgal and it was a place on the Route of Exodus near Succoth; Nigeria thus identifies the land of the Gouriyans of the ancient texts whose name appears in Alexander’s India invasion account along with Golas. Adamawa is as same as the Domas(or the Damara) or the Edomites, and Yola identifies the River Ola or Ula on whose bank Jerusalem was then situated. This is as same as Adulis/Aulis port of other ancient texts. Cameroon exactly identifies the biblical Qumran, and Kumara and Kumari islands of Indian puranas, and Comar and Comari of the Periplus.

The spiritual and ritual features of the heritage site are linked with the memory of Jerusalem that identifies the Seat of Worship of Yama, the God of Death. As noted by Unesco, Sukur is an ‘eloquent testimony to a strong and continuing spiritual and cultural tradition that has endured for many centuries’ and this fact is born out of the deified background and the ‘revered position of the Hidi as the political and spiritual head of the community’; the ‘in and around structure of shrines, at the heritage site remembers migrants’ ancient homeland’s history.

‘The regular observance of festivals and ceremonies are evidence of cultural continuity’ from their past.