These mighty pyramids were built by one of Africa’s earliest civilizations. The mysterious rulers of Nubia, in present-day Sudan, erected hundreds of tombs and temples that rival Cairo’s.

The remains of 16 pyramids with tombs underneath have been discovered in a cemetery near the ancient town of Gematon in Sudan. They date back around 2,000 years, to a time when a kingdom called ...

The Kushite pyramids are also smaller, with the largest reaching about 30 meters (100 feet) in height—a fraction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Yet the cultural significance of these structures ...

Tombs with human remains lie beneath these 2,000-year-old pyramids, discovered in the ancient cemetery near the ancient town of Gematon in Sudan. ... Pyramid building was popular among the Kushites.

After the Kushites lost control of Egypt, they retreated back to their corner of Nubia, eventually establishing a new capital ...

Nubian pyramids were built by the rulers of the ancient Kushite kingdoms. The area of the Nile valley known as Nubia, which lies within the north of present-day Sudan, was the site of three ...

The 2,300-year-old royal tomb of a Kushite king appears nearly untouched—and submerged in rising groundwater. What’s an archaeologist to do? With more than 20 ancient pyramids sprawling across ...

Ancient Pyramids Around the World No matter if the civilization was Mesopotamian, Egyptian, or Mayan, ... a major city in the Kushite kingdom from about 300 B.C. to 300 A.D.

So while the Kushite pyramids were influenced by the ancient Egyptians, they were—historically speaking—about as far removed from Giza-era pyramids as we are from these Nubian pyramids today ...

The Meroë pyramids of Sudan are the last remaining structures of the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Kush. Discover its oft-forgotten history here.

The remains of 2,000-year-old pyramids with tombs underneath were discovered near the ancient town of Gematon ... The Kushite kingdom controlled a vast amount of territory in Sudan between 800 B.C ...

Ancient Pyramids Around the World No matter if the civilization was Mesopotamian, Egyptian, or Mayan, ... a major city in the Kushite kingdom from about 300 B.C. to 300 A.D.