Truncated and with steep sides, the pyramids left by the long line of Nubian kings populate the desert near the site of Meroë. Rising high in the sky in the modern-day nation of Sudan is a ...

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 ...

which was very deleterious to some of the pyramids in the Meroe cemeteries. The main north-south highway linking Khartoum and Port Sudan, which separated the two parts of the Meroe site has negative ...

Meroe is in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, not very far from Khartum ... "In the debris of a ruined pyramid belonging to a child of the royal family who had made their tombs in the Southern cemetery ...

But few people know there is a country that is home to more pyramids than any other nation in the world, including Egypt. Sudan has around 255 pyramids - more than twice as many as its neighbour ...

Port Sudan is a paradise for diving enthusiasts, with coral reefs and crystal-clear waters. The pyramids of Meroe, north of Khartoum, are an archaeological gem and a World Heritage Site.

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