Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological heritage is increasingly under threat from its brutal civil war. Meroë, a city on the banks of the Nile and once the ...

Matt Stirn I first learned of Sudan’s extraordinary pyramids as a boy ... from the “west” bank—typically associated with sunset and death—that ancient Egyptians believed was the source ...

But few people know there is a country that is home to more pyramids than any other nation in the world, including Egypt. Sudan has around 255 pyramids - more than twice as many as its neighbour ...

Truncated and with steep sides, the pyramids left by the long line of Nubian kings populate the desert near the site of Meroë. Rising high in the sky in the modern-day nation of Sudan is a ...

“Pyramid schemes” aren’t just for the wealthy. Archaeologists have long theorized that Egyptian pyramid tombs were reserved for the elite. However, analysis of skeletons belonging to ...