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 ...

possibly derived from an ancient Egyptian word for gold, which was plentiful; and Kush, the kingdom that dominated the region between roughly 2500 B.C. and A.D. 300. In some religious traditions ...

To understand Sudan’s pyramid legacy, we must travel back in time to the Kingdom of Kush, an ancient civilization that ...

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 ...

Archaeologists dive into a flooded pyramid near the Nile to search for a king's burial that could reveal clues about the ancient kingdom of Kush.