How Rome built a 37-meter-high, Nubian-style pyramid in 15 BCE
The design of the tomb was inspired by the pyramids of Egypt, reflecting the cultural fusion present in Rome after the ...
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Rival to Egypt, the Nubian kingdom of Kush exuded power and gold
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 ...
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The incredible ancient pyramid that hardly any tourists know about - it’s not in Egypt
It was built in 15 BC in the style of the Nubian pyramids as a tomb for Gaius Cestius, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations in Rome, Epulones. The tomb was ...
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Pyramids, relics, warrior queens: Sudan's history took centuries to be recognised and faces erasure once again
Upon discovering the pyramid of Nubian Pharoah Taharqa, the father of Egyptology George ... "Tourism has completely stopped," says tour guide Abdelmagid. "We have had no salaries for months. "I have ...