Criterion (iv):The pyramids at Meroe are outstanding examples of Kushite funerary monuments, which illustrate the association with the well preserved remains of the urban centre of the Kushite capital ...

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 ...

As the Kushites retreated from Egypt, they established a new capital at Meroë, near present-day Khartoum. This city became the heart of their civilization and home tonearly 200 pyramids ...

The pyramids are mostly located in Meroë and are much smaller than those in Egypt but are just as historically significant. They served as tombs for the rulers of Kush, known as the Black ...

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. Reisner, "we ...

Surprisingly, Sudan holds that title, with more pyramids than its northern neighbor! Tucked away in the vast deserts of Sudan ...

Kush, a "central player in the ancient world", was known for its distinctive pyramids at Meroë. But by 300AD the Kush empire was "in decline", said The Independent. "Dwindling agriculture and ...

Meroë (pronounced muh-ROY) Park is the Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Smithsonian. She oversees most of the Smithsonian’s day-to-day activities across its museums, research ...