Incredible Photos of The Pyramids of Sudan
When The Photos Speak
When we hear the word pyramids come to mind immediately Pyramids of Giza.
Yes, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt is arguably the famous and the
largest and pyramid Cheops is the only miracle of the Seven Wonders
that still remain to this day even though it is built for more than
4500 years!
But in this thread will not talk about the Pyramids of Giza .. But we will talk about these pyramids which built in Sudan
These pyramids are known today as (Abajrawih Pyramids) this name is
related to the Abajrawih village near the town of Shendi , about two
hundred miles to the north-east of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The
scientific name is (the Pyramids of Meroe), one of a great kingdom
called Nubian (Kush).
Kingdom of Kush, which dominated the southern part of the Nile Basin to
the south of Ancient Egypt originated by a thousand years from birth
almost, but they were not the first Kingdom in this region, but is an
extension of the civilizations of Nubian oldest oldest civilization
originated about three thousand years BC in the city (Karma) that its
effects are still remaining near the border between modern Egypt and
Sudan amaze the Archaeologists by its Featured planned.
Before 1500 years, the pharaoh Tuthmosis III ordered to build the city
of Nabta following the occupation of the territory of Nubia to be a
center for the region south of Egypt, and remained north of the Sudan
(which knew Bekkouche later) belonging to the ruling pharaoh of five
centuries left, during which many of the effects such as a temple of
the god Amon
In the year 1070 BC, The Pharaoh Deputy from the area of Kush
territory's the independence of the territory from the management of
Pharaonic and took the Nabta (which is located a long side the current
city Khartoum , 400 kilometers north of Khartoum ) as its capital, and
the kings of Kush keep the traditional of Pharaonic by burying their
kings in the tombs of the ownership of luxury in the form of pyramids,
as like the form of the Egyptian pyramids in an area such Nuri
In the sixth century BC and after the Persian invasion of Egypt
collapsed, trade between them and the city Nabta, particularly the gold
trade, and the Nabta lost its vital role and lost more in the interest
of the city at that time, which is the city of Meroe, which in turn
became the new capital of the Kingdom of Kush .
In Meroe, located on the east bank of the Nile River became the
architectural style of the Pyramids of Kush which is more distinguished
of his Pharaonic . They are shorter in length and with a narrower base
so that the proportion of height of the pyramid to its base area is
larger than those found in Egyptian pyramids
The archaeologists Divide area of Meroe to three main graves areas:
north and south and west All of them include 34 king and 11 queen and
hundreds of other members of royalty and footnote buried in fifty
pyramid in this area were built during a period of more than a thousand
of years from 720 BC to the year 350 AD.
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