Amid Sudan’s war, the pyramids of Meroe sit in near silence as a lone caretaker and small team struggle to protect the ...

There are more than 100 pyramids in Egypt, but this was the first, built during the reign of Pharoah Djoser (2630 B.C. to 2611 B.C) as a grand mausoleum for himself. Previous pharaohs’ tombs were flat ...

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When most people think of pyramids, they think of Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza, after all, is the last surviving wonder of the ancient world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But just 200 miles ...

SHENDI, Sudan — Matthias Meyer, the German ambassador, had long dreamed of staging a performance of Beethoven works in the deserts of Sudan to raise money to restore at least one of the country’s ...

Local site guard Mostafa Ahmed speaks in front of pyramids standing in the Meroe desert, at one of the archaeological sites of the so-called Island of Meroe on the eastern shore of the Nile River, ...

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 the ...

Pyramids stand in the Meroe desert, at one of the archaeological sites of the so-called Island of Meroe on the eastern shore of the Nile River. (AFP pic) Mostafa Ahmed Mostafa is the heir to a long ...