A “haboob” (sandstorm) rolls across the Meroë pyramids in Sudan. Most of the 41 tombs here belong to the royals of the powerful Kingdom of Kush (900 B.C. to A.D. 400), which ruled large parts ...

Long overshadowed by its Egyptian neighbors, the Kingdom of Kush was a powerful and advanced African civilization that ruled ...

They date back around 2,000 years, to a time when a kingdom called "Kush" flourished in Sudan. Pyramid building was popular among the Kushites.

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...

A Kingdom of Pyramid Builders. Sudan’s pyramids are the legacy of the Kingdom of Kush, an ancient superpower that flourished between 800 BCE and 350 CE in Nubia, a region spanning southern Egypt ...

Kush’s surviving archaeological remains “reveal a fascinating and uncelebrated ancient people the world has forgotten.” Pyramid tombs at Jebel Barkal from the Meroitic era, dating between c ...

The pyramids from the Kingdom of Kush form one of the most spectacular sights in Sudan Africa has a rich and complex history but there is widespread ignorance of this heritage. A celebrated ...

The Meroë pyramids of Sudan are the last remaining structures of the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Kush. Discover its oft-forgotten history here.

Kush, a "central player in the ancient world", was known for its distinctive pyramids at Meroë. But by 300AD the Kush empire was "in decline", said The Independent .

Sudan, home to the ancient Kush kingdom, has more pyramids than Egypt—over 200 in Meroë alone. Unlike Egyptian pyramids, Nubian ones are steeper, smaller, and made of red sandstone.

They date back around 2,000 years, to a time when a kingdom called "Kush" flourished in Sudan.Pyramid building was popular among the Kushites. They built them until their kingdom collapsed in the ...