Sudan Photo: Pyramids of Meroe
Photo: Sudan
Photograph by Nicolas Reynard
Pyramid tombs house the rulers and royals of the ancient kingdom of Kush. Meroe was the kingdom's center for some 900 years (592 B.C. to A.D. 320).
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