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 ...

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 ...

When someone thinks of pyramids, Egypt springs to mind straight away. And that’s unsurprising considering how big of a tourist attraction it’s become. But few people know there is a country ...

Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological heritage is increasingly under threat from its brutal civil war. "The militias are not far," said Khalid, referring to ...