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 ...

The ancient world was replete with a myriad of fascinating civilizations, many of which are no longer remembered.

The Kushites ruled during a golden age of cultural exchange, even conquering Egypt to establish the 25th dynasty, led by the ...

Kush occupied what is now the north half of Sudan. For thousands of years, Egypt had looked on its southern Kushite neighbour essentially as a rich but troublesome colony, that could be exploited ...

In the 9th century BCE a Kushite tribe residing near Gebel Barkal in modern Sudan enlarged its sphere of control further to the north. They gained control over Egypt in the late 8th century BCE and ...

During the 25th Dynasty of Egypt, Kushite rulers, also known as the Black Pharaohs, conquered Egypt and ruled as its kings.

Kush occupied what is now the north half of Sudan. For thousands of years, Egypt had looked on its southern Kushite neighbour essentially as a rich but troublesome colony, that could be exploited ...

Egypt could not ignore its southern neighbour ... at the hands of the Assyrians and in about 600 BC the capital of the Kushite kingdom was moved from Napata to Meroe, further south along the ...

Browder is the director of the ASA Restoration Project, which is the first African American-funded archeological excavation in Egypt. The ASA is currently excavating three 25th-dynasty Kushite tombs.

Kush occupied what is now the north half of Sudan. For thousands of years, Egypt had looked on its southern Kushite neighbour essentially as a rich but troublesome colony, that could be exploited ...