The 25th Dynasty originated in Nubia, in what is today Sudan, and ruled over ancient Egypt between 744 and 656 BC.

Surprisingly, Sudan holds that title, with more pyramids than its northern neighbor! Tucked away in the vast deserts of Sudan ...

Sudan has around 255 pyramids - more than twice as many as its neighbour - built by the ancient Kingdom of Kush ... were buried inside pyramids, Kushite royalty were buried beneath them.

The official narrative of Egypt underplayed the Kushite disruption ... lion's mane and his ears closely resemble elements found on Ancient Egyptian sphinxes as far back as the 12th Dynasty ...

I am chatting online, via zoom, with Zeinab Badawi, the Khartoum-born doyenne of British broadcasting and President of London University’s School of African and Oriental Studies. We are discussing her ...