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 ...

Built by the ancient Kingdom of Kush, these overlooked monuments tell the story of a powerful African empire that rivaled its ...

The ancient world was replete with a myriad of fascinating civilizations, many of which are no longer remembered.

Sudan has around 255 pyramids - more than twice as many as its neighbour - built by the ancient Kingdom of Kush, which once ruled over parts of both Sudan and Egypt. The pyramids are mostly ...

"But in the ancient world it was the centre of an amazing ... have been found in Sudan. The kingdom of Kush, which emerged around 1,070BC in present-day northern Sudan, was "a formidable entity ...

The Island of Meroe is the heartland of the Kingdom of Kush, a major power in the ancient world from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE. Meroe became the principal residence of the rulers, and ...

Saf's amazing poem takes us to the Kingdom of Kush, an ancient civilisation in Africa, just south of Ancient Egypt. It is often called Nubia and had two different capital cities - the first ...

Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological heritage is increasingly under threat from its brutal civil war. Meroë, a city on the banks of the Nile and once the ...