Before the emergence of the Kerma Culture in the Bronze Age, the Pre-Kerma Culture thrived between 3700 and 3250 BCE, marked by unique burial practices including the Speos, a temple or tomb carved ...

Most striking is the famous Step Pyramid, built in the 27th century B.C. by Djoser, the Old Kingdom pharaoh who launched the tradition of constructing pyramids as monumental royal tombs.

Sudan’s ancient heritage – so rich that it boasts more pyramids than Egypt – has been extensively plundered by the RSF and other fighters during the two years of war.

Sudan is an archaeological treasure trove, with evidence of human life dating back 1.6 million years. Its landscape is dotted with ancient tombs, pyramids, temples, palaces and burial mounds, many ...

At the end of March, the Louvre will host its first exhibition on the Meroe dynasty, the last in a line of "black pharaohs" that ruled Kush for more than 1,000 years until the kingdom's demise in 350 ...

Egyptian artwork shows the Kushites with darker skin, like a lot of people in Sudan today. Over the course of a few centuries, the Kushites built 80 pyramids at Nuri. About 30 of them are still ...

Every nation has its heroes, history and myths. In Sudan, the points of pride are literal.Our desert is home to more pyramids than any other country in the world. These pyramids were built by the ...

Sudan Sudan has the most pyramids in the world, with around 200 to 250 structures. Most of these are located in the Meroë region. They are smaller than Egyptian pyramids but are historically and ...

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 ...