KHARTOUM (Reuters Life!) - Huge granite statues of a pharaoh and other kings have been found in Sudan, a discovery that has shocked archaeologists at how far south the expansive Kushite empire ...

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, ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations. The first tomb ...

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Sudan, not Egypt, holds the world’s highest concentration of pyramids. Built by the Kushite kings of Nubia, these monuments ...

The pyramids of Meroë in Sudan, built of granite and sandstone. Shutterstock In the West, cultural narratives about civilization, erudition and technological advancement center around the Middle East ...

Nubian ceramics present an archaeological mystery: why were there two periods, quite separate in time, where pottery-making abruptly arose and, equally suddenly, declined? The first period of ...