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 ...

Meroe is in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ... "In the debris of a ruined pyramid belonging to a child of the royal family who had made their tombs in the Southern cemetery," says Dr.

Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological heritage is increasingly under threat from its brutal civil war. "Today Sudan is a country that's synonymous with ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The sole caretaker of the pyramids at Meroë, a former capital of the ancient Kingdom of Kush, is the only ...

The Kingdom of Kush, established at Kerma by 2,500 BC, ruled over Egypt for almost a century after conquering it in the eighth century BC, with Meroë as its seat of power featuring pyramids ...

Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological heritage is increasingly under threat from its ...

When people think of pyramids, Egypt’s towering monuments are often the first that come to mind. However, Africa is home to ...