Situated a short distance east of the Nile, the ancient pyramids of Meroe are an important burial ground of thirty kings, eight queens and three princes of the Kingdom of Cush who reigned during the Afro Egyptian Meroitic period roughly between 300BC and 300AD.
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Situated a short distance east of the Nile, the ancient pyramids of Meroe are an important burial ground of thirty kings, eight queens and three princes of the Kingdom of Cush who reigned during the Afro Egyptian Meroitic period roughly between 300BC and 300AD.
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A tourist at the ancient pyramids at Nuri date between 700BC and 300BC. Nineteen kings and fifty three queens from all the dynasties of the Kingdom of Cush are buried in these pyramids including Taharqa, the famous Black Pharaoh who ruled over Egypt in the 7th century BC until the Assyrians expelled him from Egypt.
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The ancient pyramids at Nuri date between 700BC and 300BC. Nineteen kings and fifty three queens from all the dynasties of the Kingdom of Cush are buried in these pyramids including Taharqa, the famous Black Pharaoh who ruled over Egypt in the 7th century BC until the Assyrians expelled him from Egypt.
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Bathed in early morning sunlight, a column of rams represent Amon outside the ruins of one of four temples situated beside an important wadi at Naga some 30 km from the Nile.
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Between 400BC and 300BC,the ancient pyramids at Jebel Barkal were used as the burial grounds of the Pharaohs,or Kings,of the Kingdom of Cush. They came into use about the time Nuri came under pressure from Egypt but before the capital of the Kingdom was moved to Meroe.
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Bathed in early morning sunlight with a full moon still evident in the sky, the ruins of the Lion Temple, dedicated to the Lion God Apademak, is one of the four temples situated beside an important wadi at Naga some 30 km from the Nile.
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Bathed in early morning sunlight with a full moon still evident in the sky, this ruins of a temple dedicated to Amon is one of the four temples situated beside an important wadi at Naga some 30 km from the Nile.
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Part of a granite slab from an Egyptian temple dedicated to God Amon at the foot of Jebel Barkal Mountain. A symbolic replica of the temples Sacred Vessel would have rested on top of this slab.
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- The ruins of an Egyptian temple at the foot of Jebel Barkal Mountain. The Egyptian New Kingdom (1521-1075 BC) regarded Jebel Barkal as a holy mountain,the seat of God Amon,and built several temples there. Amon was revered in both Egypt and the Kingdom of Cush as king of the Gods.
- A carving of Apademak,the Lion God,on an exterior wall of the ruins of the Lion Temple situated beside an important wadi at Naga some 30 km from the Nile. This site of four ancient temples,discovered in 1821,has been dated between 1BC and 1AD. The temples are fine examples of Afro-Egyptian architecture and are attributed to the Meroitic culture that flourished at that time.
- The ruins of a Kiosk beside one of the four temples situated beside an important wadi at Naga some 30 km from the Nile. Discovered in 1821,the temples have been dated between 1BC and 1AD. They are fine examples of Afro-Egyptian architecture and are attributed to the Meroitic culture that flourished at that time.
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