When you think of pyramids, your mind probably jumps to Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza. But did you know that the world’s ...

But the Meroitic language was considered untranslatable until philologist Claude Rilly, who heads the French Archaeological Mission to Sudan ... which is unique in Nubia. He thinks geography ...

Part of these excavations uncovered partially mummified human remains, including the body of a man between the ages of 35 and 50, according to the study. He likely died between the years 667 and 774 A ...

While pyramids are synonymous with Ancient Egypt, the world's largest collection of pyramids belongs to another, less visited ...

Located in the desert sands near the Nile in modern Sudan, the ancient culture of Nubia played a decisive role in shaping Egypt from the eighth century B.C., serving as that kingdom’s 25th ...

INDEX: Nubia When discussing the civilisations of the Nile Valley, many histories focus almost exclusively on the role of Egypt. But this approach ignores the emergence further so ...

It is often called Nubia and had two different capital cities - the first capital in the north was Napata. Today, the Kingdom of Kush is called Sudan and South Sudan. The food Saf talks about is ...

At an ancient site in northern Sudan, a partially mummified body offers ... More than a millennium after a man died in medieval Nubia and was buried at a monastery, researchers are learning ...