News and stories from Sudan

2 stories set in Sudan, including Nubia (Sudan), Napata, Sudan.

Stories in Sudan

Pyramids of Nuri: a world wonder of c. 664 BCE (World Wonder · Nubia (Sudan)) — c. 664 BCE, Nubia (Sudan). Kushite kings including Taharqa raised steep Nubian pyramids that outnumber Egypt’s, a second pyramid age on the
Jebel Barkal and the Temple of Amun: a world wonder of c. 1450 BCE (World Wonder · Napata, Sudan) — c. 1450 BCE, Napata, Sudan. A sandstone butte was treated as the god Amun’s dwelling; Egyptian and Kushite temples clustered at its foot.