The center of a powerful civilization, Meroë served as the capital city of Kush whose robust ... 730 B.C., the Nubian king, Piye, successfully invaded and conquered Egypt, extending his control ...

Hieroglyphics on the sphinx's chest spell it out: this is a portrait of the great King Taharqo, the fourth pharaoh to rule over the combined kingdoms of Kush and Egypt. Kush occupied what is now ...

Among the buried were 41 Kushite kings and queens ... of these structures rivals that of Egypt. They are a testament to the power of the Kingdom of Kush, a civilization that controlled critical ...

Typically smaller than those found in Egypt, the Sudanese pyramids were constructed by the rulers of the ancient Kingdom of Kush. Emerging ... producing a line of kings known as the Black Pharaohs.

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently relocated the 4,600-year-old Solar Boat of King Khufu from its site near the Great Pyramid of Giza to the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).