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5 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (300 BCE-350 CE) · Meroitic
Meroe North Pyramid Field N12 Annex — Western Terrace in River Nile, Meroe, Sudan is a Meroitic (300 BCE-350 CE) pyramid attributed to Meroitic.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (300 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite (Meroitic)
Enigmatic Meroitic 3rd-century BCE–1st-century CE sandstone temple complex 25 km from Nile in Butana steppe, 180 km NE of Khartoum and 20 km north of Naqa.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Napatan to Meroitic and Christian (680 BCE–500 CE) · Kushite (Napatan/Meroitic)
Kushite temple mound on Argo Island (Taharqa, 700 BCE), 75.6 m Amun temple, 15 m high mound.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (early to late Meroitic) · Kushite (Meroitic)
Meroitic royal city and temple town 50 km east of Nile, famed for co-built Temple of Apedemak (Natakamani & Amanitore, 1st century CE) with twin pylons covered in lion-god reliefs, Roman kiosk and…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Kushite Meroitic (300 BCE–350 CE) · Kushite Meroitic (Egyptianizing Nubian)
Island of Meroe is the UNESCO 1332 heartland between Nile–Atbara–Blue Nile (not true island) with 3 Kushite sacred complexes: City of Meroe (pyramids North/South cemeteries, Amun Temple), Musawwarat…
