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

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.

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 ...

Although pyramids are synonymous with Egypt, around 80 pyramids were built within the Kingdom of Kush, now located in the modern country of Sudan.

Yes, you heard it right! The ancient Kingdom of Kush built more than twice as many pyramids as Egypt and they are located in Sudan’s vast deserts. Sudan’s pyramids represents the legacy of a ...

One of National Geographic's writers describes her experience scuba diving underneath a pyramid—and how its contents could fundamentally change what we understand about ancient Egypt’s 25th ...

He's talking about the tops of Meroë pyramids that were blown up with dynamite in the 1830s by Guiseppe Ferline, an Italian explorer hunting for treasure. The intricate gold jewellery of the ...

Lost to history when the Kingdom of Kush was abandoned following conflicts with the Roman army and the neighbouring Kingdom of Aksum, these pyramids went unheard of until they were rediscovered by ...

These pyramids are silent testimonies to the greatness of the Kingdom of Kush, a civilization that flourished⁤ in the region of Nubia, along the Nile, ⁢between the 8th century BC and the 4th ...

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.