HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS · c. 300 BCE–350 CE
Pyramids of Meroë, Sudan
Kushite kings ruled Egypt as its 25th Dynasty in the 8th–7th centuries BCE. Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt.
The story, as a puzzle
More pyramids than Egypt.
Kings and queens of Kush, whose ancestors had once ruled Egypt, were buried beneath dozens of steep-sided pyramids at their capital on the Nile. Pin them.
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