Piye, a Kushite king, led the invasion of Egypt and was the first to be commemorated with a pyramid in El-Kurru, marking the beginning of a tradition in Sudan where over 41 kings and nobles chose ...

Inspired by Egypt’s monumental tombs, Piye became the first Kushite to commission a pyramid for himself at El-Kurru, a necropolis near the Nile. This was just the beginning of Sudan’s pyramid ...

Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs ... more than 200 pyramids built at the necropolis at Meroë, giving Sudan more pyramids than all of Egypt. Tall, slender, graceful: These monuments ...

However, it is Sudan, Egypt’s southern neighbor ... of building pyramids as‌ funerary monuments. The first Kushite pyramid was ⁣erected in the necropolis⁤ of El-Kurru, where Piye himself ...

Among these are the tombs of 41 Kushite royals ... While some of Meroë’s pyramids have since been restored, most monuments have continued to crumble. Sudan’s multiple civil wars have ...

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 ...

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 ...