Located in the desert sands near the Nile in modern Sudan, the ancient culture of Nubia played a decisive role in shaping Egypt from the eighth century B.C., serving as that kingdom’s 25th ...

Christianity spread South from the North of Egypt to Nubia (modern day Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan) some two hundred years after the collapse of the powerful Nile Valley kingdom of Meroe in ...

Christianity spread South from the North of Egypt to Nubia (modern day Southern Egypt and Northern Sudan) some two hundred years after the collapse of the powerful Nile Valley kingdom of Meroe in ...

But this approach ignores the emergence further south on the Nile of the kingdom known to the Egyptians as Kush, in the region called Nubia - the area now covered by southern Egypt and Northern Sudan.

Image: Some of Sudan's pyramids have been reconstructed but the site is devoid of visitors Built in 590 BC, the last capital of the Nubian kingdom of Kush, notably ruled by a series of warrior ...

Unrecorded artist’s figurine from Egypt’s Middle Kingdom (c. 1750), faience and ... As such, the Medieval Nubian tattoos found in Sudan should be viewed within a broader cultural context.

Built in 590 BC, the last capital of the Nubian kingdom of Kush, notably ruled by a series of warrior queens known as the "Kandakas", is now hushed and empty. A sand dune has swallowed the ...

Built in 590 BC, the last capital of the Nubian kingdom of Kush, notably ruled by a series of warrior queens known as the "Kandakas", is now hushed and empty. A sand dune has swallowed the ...

South of Taharqa's pyramid complex in Nuri, northern Sudan, another smattering of pyramids make up the UNESCO heritage site Meroë. Built in 590 BC, the last capital of the Nubian kingdom of Kush, ...