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 ...

INDEX: Nubia When discussing the civilisations of the Nile Valley, many histories focus almost exclusively on the role of Egypt. But this approach ignores the emergence further so ...

Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological ... a city on the banks of the Nile and once the capital of the ancient kingdom of Kush, formerly "drew intrepid ...