- The wealthy, at least, led comfortable lives. a rough track leads to a pyramid in Meroe. Two of the larger pyramids of Meroe, by Ernst Weidenbach, 1845.
- Recommended trip: 2 days and 1 night. Photo of Explore the Meroë Pyramids of SUDAN - Off the Beaten Path, and an amazing rediscovery 6/6 by Ravi Prabhu.
- The Pyramids of Meroë are part of the larger group of Nubian pyramids, built at the time of the Kushite Kingdom over a period close to a millennium.
- The Royal Cemeteries of Meroe consist of three necropolises with more than 1000 graves, including about 150 pyramids, which represent the grave monuments of...
- Google Brand Studio commissioned Draw & Code to create a web-based augmented reality experience that celebrates Sudan’s Pyramids of Meroë.
- The site of the city of Meroë is marked by more than two hundred pyramids in three groups, of which many are in ruins.
- The most famous pyramids in Sudan are arguably those in Meroë, hidden away some 200 km from the modern day capital of Khartoum.
- Meroë had 200 pyramids within three groupings; however after years of tomb raiding and destruction, only several are intact today.
- Surrounded by the pyramids of the western group of Meroë. Getting to the pyramids was easy as they are just 2km off the highway.
- The pyramids of Meroë appearing out of the dust… At the small building which served as the entrance to the site, we sat out of the wind and chatted with the small...